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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________________ is part of Irwin's process in the creation of his abstracts.
(a) Studying the artists around him.
(b) Dancing.
(c) An intense internal dialog.
(d) Listening to music.

2. What is the flaw with the discs?
(a) They take up space.
(b) They are too heavy.
(c) The viewers are still required to "look at something."
(d) They are not perfect.

3. Irwin's years of striving for perfection and precision in what is now echoed in his works as an artist?
(a) Being a paratrooper.
(b) Learning to dance.
(c) Detailing his cars.
(d) Studying music.

4. Both parents found Robert a ______ to raise.
(a) Problem.
(b) Joy.
(c) Simple child.
(d) Nuisance.

5. Overton Irwin, Robert's father, ran a successful ____________________ business until he lost everything in the Depression.
(a) Construction.
(b) Heating and air conditioning.
(c) Flooring.
(d) Plumbing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Goldie's latter years, after Irwin becomes a successful artist, she has a difficult time explaining to her friends that her son is an artist, but not a ___________ artist.

2. Robert's focus now becomes what?

3. How do critics and viewers find the disc displays?

4. Although there was an innate pride in his son's modern art, Overton____________ it less than his wife.

5. Irwin and his brother attend what church with their mother?

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