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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Teaching experience is often measured in terms of _________ rather than by any other metric, according to the authors.
(a) Years.
(b) Schooling.
(c) Shows.
(d) Pieces of art.

3. When teachers stop being ___________, they also often stop making their own art, according to the authors.
(a) Excited.
(b) Active in the community.
(c) Students.
(d) Fearful.

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

5. Artists will continually use ____________ for their own purposes, with competition being one of these energies.
(a) Hyper energy.
(b) Manic energy.
(c) Truth energy.
(d) Raw energy.

6. Feedback which is received from a piece of art should be something which will __________ an artist, according to the authors.
(a) Energize.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Downgrade.
(d) Improve.

7. Whether one gets a job at a university will be helped by the artist's _________ in the community doing shows and exhibiting at galleries.
(a) Reputation.
(b) Energy.
(c) Involvement.
(d) Presence.

8. Degrees can allow a person to get involved in an art establishment, but this can have a ____________ effect.
(a) Positive.
(b) Energetic.
(c) Rippling.
(d) Corrupting.

9. Artists must seek out ___________, publication, and exhibitions in order to spread the word about their art.
(a) Communities.
(b) Degrees.
(c) Funding.
(d) Classes.

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

11. With ________, perfection is impossible to achieve because it is innovative, according to the authors.
(a) Teaching.
(b) Art.
(c) Craft.
(d) Tools.

12. Sometimes artists are embarrassed by ______________ since it seems to undermine other projects they have done.
(a) New work.
(b) Reviews.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Old work.

13. An artist needs to have ___________ in order to not get caught up in the negative competition, according to the authors.
(a) Family.
(b) Talent.
(c) Training.
(d) Confidence.

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

15. ____________ is total and the art of an artist is always tied to who and to what the artist is, according to the authors.
(a) Talent.
(b) Showings.
(c) Feedback.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Relying on what is within an artist can also increase the risk of _____________, according to the authors.

2. The thought of going to _________ is a thought which seems to conjure up conformity, which is something that no artist wants.

3. What is the third question posed at the start of this chapter, helping to refine the vision of an artist?

4. In order to teach art, one must have a ___________, which has limited the market in terms of art teaching positions.

5. Because the work of many artists is considered ____________, artists can often have bad reputations in the outside world.

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