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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. What is NOT one of the things which an artist might need to do in order to produce artwork?
(a) Clean one's studio.
(b) Manage a gallery.
(c) Mail various items.
(d) Create marketing strategies.

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

3. The authors describe ___________ as the peripheral vision of the find and something that is crucial to being an artist.
(a) Tools.
(b) Galleries.
(c) Classes.
(d) Habits.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One needs to keep in mind that __________ by others can become technical, sterile, and draw on creativity, according to the authors.

2. __________ often follows a particular plan, albeit sometimes one that takes great skill to achieve, according to the authors.

3. A true artist understands that ___________ will show the diligence of their art practice and goals, according to the authors.

4. One of the most serious barriers to doing good art is letting ________________ throw the artist into uncertainty.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do many artists dread the idea of being a faculty member at an art school or in an art program?

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

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

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

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

7. What do the first two questions of Henry James help to do for the artist?

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

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

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

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