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

2. Artists will continually use ____________ for their own purposes, with competition being one of these energies.
(a) Raw energy.
(b) Manic energy.
(c) Truth energy.
(d) Hyper energy.

3. ___________ is often a reward in itself and helps an artist to share their ideas with others, which can improve art as well.
(a) Being a student.
(b) Not being hired.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Community art making.

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

5. Sometimes artists are embarrassed by ______________ since it seems to undermine other projects they have done.
(a) New work.
(b) Old work.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Reviews.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Art advances the field and it exists in the __________ between pieces not within the pieces themselves, according to the authors.

4. The artist should seek the challenge not only to reassure themselves, but also to achieve a measure of _____________ on the quality of the work.

5. ____________ is total and the art of an artist is always tied to who and to what the artist is, according to the authors.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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