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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) Do their own work.
(b) Thrive under pressure.
(c) Get noticed.
(d) Move forward.

2. The first question an artist must ask of themselves is: "What was the artist trying to ___________?"
(a) Create.
(b) Move.
(c) Achieve.
(d) Build.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. _______ programs in collage have an important and positive function, though they are still unpopular in the creative world.
(a) Humanity.
(b) Art.
(c) Movement.
(d) Writing.

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

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

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

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

14. __________ is best understood by those who make it, not by those who view it, according to the authors.
(a) Art.
(b) The review.
(c) The movie.
(d) A mistake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Criteria of ___________, when it comes to art, can become systemized and it can present disadvantages.

2. An artist needs to have ___________ in order to not get caught up in the negative competition, according to the authors.

3. A crucial problem for many artists is whether to use _____________ tools or to use new ones in art making.

4. The __________ line, according to the authors, is the line between one's vision and one's current degree of execution.

5. While teaching involves learning, the teacher must still struggle in order to preserve their __________ to control their own art.

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