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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The artist should seek the challenge not only to reassure themselves, but also to achieve a measure of _____________ on the quality of the work.
(a) Feedback.
(b) Movement.
(c) Praise.
(d) Energy.

3. If an artist is creating a piece of work and does not know how it will turn out, they might fear it will ___________ something inadequate about them.
(a) Defy.
(b) Understand.
(c) Ignore.
(d) Reflect.

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

5. Artists see themselves as competing not with each other, but to produce the best ___________according to the authors.
(a) Techniques.
(b) Work.
(c) Galleries.
(d) Reviews.

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

7. The artist must begin to consider what they value in their art and then ___________ the artwork accordingly.
(a) Make.
(b) Structure.
(c) Create.
(d) Fashion.

8. Criteria of ___________, when it comes to art, can become systemized and it can present disadvantages.
(a) Art pieces.
(b) Review.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Art structure.

9. 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) Cower.
(b) Pass judgment.
(c) Lie.
(d) Kneel.

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

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

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

13. Many artists are rated based on the grants they might receive from the National ___________ for the Arts.
(a) Company.
(b) Endowment.
(c) Institute.
(d) Organization.

14. Whatever an artist puts into a piece of art is what they will _____________ the piece of work, according to the authors.
(a) Make money from regarding.
(b) Get out of.
(c) Understand from.
(d) See in.

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) Feedback.
(c) Truth.
(d) Showings.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is hard to produce the same sort of art from another's ______________, according to the authors, is impossible.

2. __________ is best understood by those who make it, not by those who view it, according to the authors.

3. ____________ asked three questions of the artist, according to the authors in this first part of the book.

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

5. Artists with great self discipline often can not handle the ______________ others might place on them.

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