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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other example of time measurement does Eisner mention?

2. Imagery examines and illustrates the juxtaposition of what two things?

3. What are these artists trying to arrange?

4. What are pages laid out as in an example chapter from Life on Another Planet?

5. How can a panel have a body plunge down the right-hand margin of a page?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 1: Comics as a Form of Reading.

2. Give examples of different lettering techniques or styles from Eisner's story Contract with God.

3. Describe the difference between time and timing.

4. Why is the repetitiveness of comics compared to a language forming its own grammar?

5. Besides the text in comics, what must the reader/viewer "read"?

6. Why must the sequential artist deal with humans immersed in space and time?

7. Describe the nature of calligraphy.

8. Where does the emotion or "intuitiveness" of a panel come from?

9. How can stories can be told through imagery alone?

10. How does the panel function as a stage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, Eisner develops more comparisons between comics and other forms of entertainment. At one point, he suggests that composing a comic strip panel is like designing a theatrical scene, illustration, painting, or mural. Explain Eisner's reasoning using at least four examples from Chapter 4.

Essay Topic 2

Eisner specifies a very organized procedure for comic writers and artists. Comic writers and artists must follow this procedure together. Discuss the idea and importance of teamwork in comics. Support your claims with two examples taken from any chapter.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 1, Eisner examines a few panels that break the left-to-right convention. His analysis suggests that the panels are read easily because of the reader's understanding of gravity and of visual cues. Using this example, and others found in Chapter 1 or 2, agree or disagree with the following statement: should panels try to conform to normal conventions for easier reading?

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