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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The earliest use of balloons was in what type of art?
(a) Scope.
(b) Dada.
(c) Impressionism.
(d) Friezes.

2. After which century, did artists start to depend on expressions, postures, and backdrops?
(a) 17th.
(b) 15th.
(c) 16th.
(d) 10th.

3. In "Contract with God" by Eisner, what does the stone tablet suggest?
(a) The One Principle.
(b) The Unity of the Mind.
(c) The Five Ideals.
(d) The Ten Commandments.

4. What tendency of the eye is an obstacle in comics?
(a) For the eye to blink.
(b) For the eye to cry.
(c) For the eye to dilate.
(d) For the eye to wander.

5. What conventions do comics rely on?
(a) Reading conventions.
(b) Emotional conventions.
(c) Symbolic conventions.
(d) Natural conventions.

6. What kind of vision is related to freezing a moment in an uninterrupted flow of action?
(a) Spatial.
(b) Dilated.
(c) Circumspect.
(d) Peripheral.

7. What forces the reader to supply dialogue in an image sequence?
(a) The proximity of the action.
(b) The strained context of the image.
(c) The fluid lines of the image.
(d) The speed of the action.

8. What Spirit story written in 1947 mentions Yogi?
(a) Junior Yogi, Part 2.
(b) George and the Yogi.
(c) Hoagy the Yogi, Part 2.
(d) Hoagy the Yogi, Part 1.

9. What do people learn to measure distance by?
(a) Sight and Sound.
(b) Optics and Illusion.
(c) Circumference and Diameter.
(d) Nature and the Heavens.

10. What characteristic of comics examines how the sequential artist works with space and time?
(a) Paneling.
(b) Style.
(c) Timing.
(d) Illusion.

11. What specific content does Chapter 4 discuss?
(a) Broad ideas.
(b) Didactic dictation.
(c) Significant authors.
(d) Technical specifics.

12. What word does Eisner use to describe the relationship of timing and rhythm?
(a) Interlocked.
(b) Interfixed.
(c) Intersected.
(d) Intertwined.

13. What two things limit the artist's choice of outline?
(a) The sequential drive and linear focus of the page.
(b) The scope and vision of the work.
(c) The narrative requirement and constrictions on page dimensions.
(d) The number of pens and pencils the artist owns.

14. What element of weather messes with the typeface in Eisner's second example?
(a) Wind.
(b) Rain.
(c) Snow.
(d) Lightning.

15. What is used to move a reader or viewer through time?
(a) Texture.
(b) Lines.
(c) Colors.
(d) Panels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of art does "Comics as a Form of Reading" describe?

2. When are the outlines determined by the artist?

3. What demonstrates the meaning of the balloon?

4. In comics, what produces immediate results?

5. What is the title of Chapter 4?

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