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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Doing something that is known to be acceptable, according to the authors, is something which takes no ___________.
(a) Time.
(b) Courage.
(c) Risk.
(d) Power.

2. Art making has been around longer than the art ____________, according to the authors who have written this book.
(a) Media.
(b) Critics.
(c) Establishment.
(d) Processes.

3. ____________ can always outstrip accomplishment, which is why disappointment is nearly always the case.
(a) Truth.
(b) Reviews.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Schools.

4. "Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, ____________ difficult," Hippocrates.
(a) Truth.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Painting.
(d) Art.

5. Most of the remaining decisions about an artistic piece are fixed once the first few ___________ decisions are made.
(a) Creative.
(b) Important.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Direction.

6. The line between fantasy and ___________ is thin, according to the authors, causing artists to create impractical and destructive situations.
(a) Honor.
(b) Truth.
(c) Art.
(d) Expectation.

7. Tolerating __________ is one of the keys to producing great art and not being afraid along the way, according to the authors.
(a) Anger.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Uncertainty.

8. An artist can begin to stop themselves from doing their own work in order to do work which can increase one's _____________.
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Truth.
(c) Power.
(d) Understanding.

9. Young artists, especially, can become ____________ about their work, which can lead them to over think their work.
(a) Educated.
(b) Snotty.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Self conscious.

10. To be an artist in one's life, this person must always ___________ again, even when they don't want to.
(a) Cry.
(b) Produce.
(c) Start.
(d) Quit.

11. Caring too much about ______________ allows others to decide whether an artist's work is art at all.
(a) Reviews.
(b) Praise.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Reputation.

12. An artist can not be afraid of having a part of themselves ________ when they stop creating for a time, according to the authors.
(a) Settle.
(b) Burn.
(c) Live.
(d) Die.

13. The authors want to inspire artists not to give up solely because they do not feel like a __________.
(a) Mastermind.
(b) Prodigy.
(c) Genius.
(d) Child.

14. The authors point out that art is generally made __________, even if the opinions of others still matter along the way.
(a) Together.
(b) Alone.
(c) With no expectations.
(d) In secret.

15. Artists who worry that things do not come easy for them may want to remember that making art is ___________.
(a) Flowing.
(b) Easy.
(c) Hard.
(d) A solitary process.

Short Answer Questions

1. Another question which comes up in the art process is why the artist will sometimes __________.

2. ___________ will always go ahead of execution, so the fear of a failure to execute this is always present.

3. The authors make the statement that art involves __________ and a a certain sense of departing from others.

4. _____________ can cause fears, according to the authors, and many artists hold themselves up unrealistically as a result.

5. The authors will also point out that art making is not based merely on ____________, nor does that quality need to be innate.

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