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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When words are used, the task of rendering body and face grows more?
(a) Nonsensical.
(b) Difficult.
(c) Incomplete.
(d) Easy.

2. What does Chapter 5 examine?
(a) Sequence.
(b) Framing.
(c) Expressive anatomy.
(d) Narrative.

3. When writing words, authors do what to the reader's imagination?
(a) Direct.
(b) Suspect.
(c) Suggest.
(d) Hint.

4. What does Eisner think light implies?
(a) Safety.
(b) Fear.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Love.

5. What is often predetermined by the nature of the story?
(a) Surrealist or Dada style.
(b) Graphic or illustrative style.
(c) Linear or algebraic style.
(d) Humorous or realistic style.

6. How many points does Eisner say an artist must understand about how objects work?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

7. What sort of inner emotions can contortions of the face reveal?
(a) Weather, pain, leaps of faith.
(b) Pain, discomfort, comfort.
(c) Fatigue, morals.
(d) Judgments, comfort, shoes.

8. What is usually the key to a gesture's meaning?
(a) The final panel.
(b) The final sketch.
(c) The final position.
(d) The final bubble.

9. What approach predominates because comics mix letters and images?
(a) The tactile.
(b) The sensory.
(c) The visual.
(d) The lingual.

10. What was used initially to create code that can be memorized and deciphered?
(a) Repetitive summary.
(b) Summary.
(c) Repetitive glyphs.
(d) Reproduction.

11. What dominates the reader's initial response?
(a) Hardbound novels.
(b) Texture.
(c) Text.
(d) Artwork.

12. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) Technique (The Skill of the Artist).
(b) Illustration.
(c) Sequence and the Mind.
(d) Application (The Use of Sequential Art).

13. What does Eisner say images can trigger?
(a) Recall and emotion.
(b) Renewal and excellence.
(c) Remonstrance and energy.
(d) Realism and empathy.

14. What typically develops before graphic development?
(a) Words and page numbers.
(b) Words and speech bubbles.
(c) Words and panels.
(d) Words and imagery.

15. What does Eisner flatly declare about the relationship between artist and writer?
(a) They should spend time apart.
(b) They should be one.
(c) They should be obsessed.
(d) They should be radically determined.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the face the most important part of the body in comics?

2. What should the artist be able to produce?

3. Who is the artist at the mercy of?

4. What must artists realize about casual props like door hinges?

5. What is the most universal image in sequential art?

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