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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Degrees can allow a person to get involved in an art establishment, but this can have a ____________ effect.

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

3. The authors point out that many __________ graduates are often destroyed in the process of applying for jobs.

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

5. Artists see themselves as competing not with each other, but to produce the best ___________according to the authors.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem once a university gets an artist on board at their learning establishment?

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

3. What does an art degree allow an artist to do, according to the authors, even if they do not think it's necessary to make art?

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

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

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

7. What are some of the ways in which a person can boost their artistic reputation and get hired by a university?

8. What will the best art do, according to the feeling of the authors at this point of the book?

9. What do many universities want an art teacher to have, though these prospective teachers may feel this can limit their growth?

10. What do the problems which occur after a piece of art is made make an artist do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The question posed of an artist is whether something is worth doing, in their opinion.

Part 1: How can a person determine whether what they are doing is 'worth' anything?

Part 2: Is the question of whether something is worth doing easy to measure and how so?

Part 3: Do you think that anything might be worth doing?

Essay Topic 2

From the start, the authors also note that art is made by ordinary people and not necessarily by extraordinary people.

Part 1: Why do you think the authors believe that ordinary people are able to make art?

Part 2: Do you think that art is generally made by extraordinary people? Why?

Part 3: How do you think ordinary people can make extraordinary things like great masterpieces of art?

Essay Topic 3

Having a higher education degree is not necessary to create good art, according to the authors.

Part 1: Why do you think that a degree in art might be helpful to an artist?

Part 2: How might a higher education degree in art negatively affected an artist?

Part 3: Do you think that artists should or should not pursue a higher education degree for art?

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