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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. However, the problems which an artist needs to deal with after creating a piece of art are ___________, according to the authors.
(a) True.
(b) Blessings.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Gifts.

2. Many art makers will want to __________ their activities as an artist since others have done so and have derived pleasure from these pieces.
(a) Avoid.
(b) Ignore.
(c) Imitate.
(d) Stop.

3. ___________ committees rarely choose people for teaching positions based on talent and judging teachers at all is difficult.
(a) Resource.
(b) Art.
(c) Board.
(d) Hiring.

4. Art comes from one's _____________ in one's own life, according to the authors, not from simply viewing art.
(a) Schooling.
(b) Talent.
(c) Community.
(d) Experience.

5. The __________ line, according to the authors, is the line between one's vision and one's current degree of execution.
(a) Rose.
(b) Truth.
(c) Finish.
(d) Starting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sometimes, this __________ work of being an artist can get in the way, according to the authors.

2. ___________ includes the techniques involved in producing the art, whereas art is something different, according to the authors.

3. Everyone feels _________ at some point for not being recognized for their art, and they will check to see how they rank regularly.

4. While teaching involves learning, the teacher must still struggle in order to preserve their __________ to control their own art.

5. A true artist understands that ___________ will show the diligence of their art practice and goals, according to the authors.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the unpopular position that the authors take in relation to the art programs in college?

2. What is the scary thing about art and about what an artist puts into their work?

3. Why should an artist seek the challenge of practicing the best art possible in their lives?

4. Why do many artists dread the idea of being a faculty member at an art school or in an art program?

5. What does a true artist do with the feedback they receive for their art, according to the authors of the book?

6. Why is perfection impossible when it comes to art, according to what the authors have written in this section?

7. What are the three questions that Henry James asked of the artist, according to this section of the book?

8. What are two other problems which artists often bring up in relation to art schools and to going to art school?

9. What is art always bound up in, according to the authors of this book?

10. What is the problem once a university gets an artist on board at their learning establishment?

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