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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Relying on what is within an artist can also increase the risk of _____________, according to the authors.
(a) Pain.
(b) Success.
(c) Burnout.
(d) Failure.

2. While teaching involves learning, the teacher must still struggle in order to preserve their __________ to control their own art.
(a) Boundaries.
(b) Commitments.
(c) Energy.
(d) Freedom.

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

4. 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) Involvement.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Energy.
(d) Presence.

5. To do good work as an artist, the artist must be a part of their ___________ and of their own time, according to the authors.
(a) Learning process.
(b) Heart.
(c) Mind.
(d) Community.

6. A crucial problem for many artists is whether to use _____________ tools or to use new ones in art making.
(a) Familiar.
(b) Modern.
(c) Old.
(d) Innovative.

7. The issues which occur after a piece of art has been completed require that the artist _________ with the rest of the world.
(a) Review.
(b) Change.
(c) Reshape.
(d) Interact.

8. The thought of going to _________ is a thought which seems to conjure up conformity, which is something that no artist wants.
(a) School.
(b) A gallery.
(c) A scheduled day.
(d) Public studio.

9. 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) Move forward.
(d) Get noticed.

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

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

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

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

14. In order to teach art, one must have a ___________, which has limited the market in terms of art teaching positions.
(a) MA.
(b) MFA.
(c) BS.
(d) BFA.

15. The artist should use _______________ to illustrate ideas and not to wow the art community.
(a) Words.
(b) Paper backing.
(c) Art techniques.
(d) Multiple media techniques.

Short Answer Questions

1. However, the problems which an artist needs to deal with after creating a piece of art are ___________, according to the authors.

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

3. Newcomer ___________ is often ignored during the hiring process, according to the authors.

4. The authors describe ___________ as the peripheral vision of the find and something that is crucial to being an artist.

5. Many art makers will want to __________ their activities as an artist since others have done so and have derived pleasure from these pieces.

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