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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the third question posed at the start of this chapter, helping to refine the vision of an artist?
(a) Was the artist successful?
(b) Was it worth doing?
(c) What did the artist do?
(d) What was the artist trying to build?

5. Newcomer ___________ is often ignored during the hiring process, according to the authors.
(a) Talent.
(b) Enthusiasm.
(c) Reputation.
(d) Skill sets.

Short Answer Questions

1. The best art will seek to ____________ both the viewer and the creator, according to the authors.

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

3. While many schools can hire artists to be teachers at their schools, they might not help to sustain the artist's ability to _______________.

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

5. The issues which occur after a piece of art has been completed require that the artist _________ with the rest of the world.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a problem of having too many focused habits as an artist, according to the authors of this book?

2. What does a true artist always keep in mind when it comes to creating art and about their efforts?

3. Why should an artist seek the challenge of practicing the best art possible in their lives?

4. What does a true artist do with the feedback they receive for their art, according to the authors of the book?

5. What is the scary thing about art and about what an artist puts into their work?

6. What are two other problems which artists often bring up in relation to art schools and to going to art school?

7. Why do many artists sometimes have bad reputations in the outside world, according to the authors?

8. What happens to many artists who rely solely on themselves for their art and the motivation for their art?

9. How does an artist make progress in their art and in the world, according to the authors in this section?

10. Why is perfection impossible when it comes to art, according to what the authors have written in this section?

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