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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. ___________ committees rarely choose people for teaching positions based on talent and judging teachers at all is difficult.

2. Academic policy can get in the way by implementing regulations which serve no function or which produce ___________ for artwork.

3. Artists must seek out ___________, publication, and exhibitions in order to spread the word about their art.

4. Art existed long before ____________, according to the authors, but some artists feel that they need these anyways.

5. In order to teach art, one must have a ___________, which has limited the market in terms of art teaching positions.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What must an artist be aware of when their work is considered to be too risky for others, according to the authors?

6. What are the three questions that Henry James asked of the artist, according to this section of the book?

7. What is art always bound up in, according to the authors of this book?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Newcomer talent is often ignored, according to the authors, when it comes to new art teachers.

Part 1: Why do you think it's harder for newcomer talent to be appreciated in teachers?

Part 2: Why are the years a person has taught seemingly more important to measure?

Part 3: How do you think the skill set of art teachers should be measured?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Many artists believe that becoming an art teacher will negatively affect their creativity.

Part 1: Why might being an art teacher begin to stifle the creativity of the teacher?

Part 2: Do you think that being an art teacher can also help an artist?

Part 3: How do you think an artist could retain their creativity and still teach a set curriculum?

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