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Art I: Pencil/Eraser/Form

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first pencils were made of ____.

a)

Clay

b)

Wax

c)

Lead

d)

Wood

2.

The first pencils were used by ____.

a)

Pre-Columbians and Egyptians

b)

Greeks and Romans

c)

Egyptians and Romans

d)

Paleolithic and Neolithic peoples

3.

Contemporary "lead" pencils are made of ____.

a)

Lead and clay

b)

Clay and Graphite

c)

Wax and Clay

d)

Graphite and Lead

4.

A hard lead pencil is marked with the letter __.

a)

"H"

b)

"B"

c)

"S"

d)

"X"

5.

The softer the lead the _______ the value produced.

a)

lighter

b)

smoother

c)

rougher

d)

darker

6.

The harder the lead the ______ the value produced.

a)

smoother

b)

lighter

c)

darker

d)

rougher

7.

A/an _____ pencil would be considered mid-range and multi-purpose.

a)

8B

b)

Ebony

c)

HB

d)

4H

8.

A spiral wound cone of paper used for blending is called a ________.

a)

tortilla

b)

tortillon

c)

taquito

d)

tostada

9.

A characteristic of soft lead pencil would be that it ______________.

a)

breaks and smudges easily

b)

produces very light values

c)

produces very crisp lines

d)

can scratch or indent the surface of the paper

10.

Your Ebony paper is equivalent to a ______ pencil

a)

HB

b)

2B

c)

8H

d)

8B

11.

What does a paper's tooth refer to?

a)

weight

b)

color

c)

surface

d)

size

12.

The best papers for pencil drawing are ______.

a)

those with a smooth surface

b)

those with a slick surface

c)

those with a tooth

d)

none of these

13.

Charcoal pencils contain ________.

a)

hardened clay

b)

hardened wax

c)

hardened rock

d)

hardened charcoal

14.

Pencil colors contain ____________.

a)

wax, clay and pigment

b)

graphite, wax and pigment

c)

clay, graphite and wax

d)

pigment, charcoal and led

15.

The pink pearl eraser is __________.

a)

the least abrasive eraser

b)

the most abrasive eraser

c)

designed to be shaped and stretched to clean

d)

created specifically for use with charcoal

16.

The rubber eraser that is very pliable and easy to clean is the ___________.

a)

magic rub

b)

art gum

c)

factis

d)

kneaded

17.

The eraser that deposits "problematic" particles on the paper's surface is the _______.

a)

vinyl

b)

black factis

c)

art gum

d)

kneaded

18.

As a rule, the correction should never be ________.

a)

worse than the original mistake

b)

worse than the teacher allows

c)

unnoticeable

d)

made without permission

19.

Form describes ______________.

a)

mass and length

b)

volume and height

c)

volume and value

d)

mass and volume

20.

Forms are ____________.

a)

two-dimensional

b)

five-dimensional

c)

three-dimensional

d)

one-dimensional

21.

Forms that cannot be easily identified or recognized are _______.

a)

realistic forms

b)

non-respresentational forms

c)

abstract forms

d)

curvilinear forms

22.

This other element of art is needed to accurately depict or describe a form.

a)

space

b)

line

c)

value

d)

texture