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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While many schools can hire artists to be teachers at their schools, they might not help to sustain the artist's ability to _______________.
(a) Thrive under pressure.
(b) Do their own work.
(c) Get noticed.
(d) Move forward.

2. It is hard to produce the same sort of art from another's ______________, according to the authors, is impossible.
(a) Toolbox.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Chair.
(d) Brush.

3. Academic policy can get in the way by implementing regulations which serve no function or which produce ___________ for artwork.
(a) Little support.
(b) Increased pressure.
(c) Bad outcomes.
(d) No time.

4. Many students feel that becoming a faculty member at a college would ___________ their creativity as artists.
(a) Blossom.
(b) Crush.
(c) Redirect.
(d) Enhance.

5. Modern art does not seem to understand that an artist needs to take their own ___________ at the time when creating.
(a) Power.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Tools.
(d) Community.

6. Because the work of many artists is considered ____________, artists can often have bad reputations in the outside world.
(a) True.
(b) Angry.
(c) Subversive.
(d) Political.

7. The tragedy of lost graduate students is widespread, but many __________ ignore it, according to the authors.
(a) Academics.
(b) Artists.
(c) Students.
(d) Hiring committees.

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

9. New artwork enlarges ___________, according to the authors of this book, which is why new things must be tried.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Presence.
(c) Truth.
(d) Reality.

10. Art advances the field and it exists in the __________ between pieces not within the pieces themselves, according to the authors.
(a) Leap.
(b) Pause.
(c) Growth.
(d) Silence.

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

12. Art sometimes works against the idea of craft since it seeks the ___________, according to the authors.
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Energy.
(c) New.
(d) Fresh.

13. Art is scary in the way that it does not _________ to the artist, according to the authors. If a person is lazy about art, their art will be lazy too.
(a) Lie.
(b) Cower.
(c) Kneel.
(d) Pass judgment.

14. The best art will seek to ____________ both the viewer and the creator, according to the authors.
(a) Inspire.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Challenge.
(d) Move.

15. Artists with great self discipline often can not handle the ______________ others might place on them.
(a) Restrictions.
(b) Power.
(c) Guidelines.
(d) Titles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things which an artist might need to do in order to produce artwork?

2. Art is always bound up in what the _____________ desires, according to the authors.

3. To do good work as an artist, the artist must be a part of their ___________ and of their own time, according to the authors.

4. When teachers stop being ___________, they also often stop making their own art, according to the authors.

5. The authors point out, however, that an artist can only make progress when they are challenging _____________ with art.

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