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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin and his brother attend what church with their mother?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) The Baptist Church.
(c) The Lutheran Church.
(d) The Mormon Church.

2. What is L.A.'s funky, avant-garde community of artists?
(a) The Ferris Gallery.
(b) The Furmann Gallery.
(c) The Felix Gallery.
(d) The Ferus Gallery.

3. Goldie, Robert's mother, was the thinker and ___________ of the family.
(a) Leader.
(b) Organizer.
(c) Doer.
(d) Worrier.

4. Although Irwin is not a good student, he is welcome where?
(a) In art class.
(b) In the principal's office.
(c) In the autobody class.
(d) In many social cliques.

5. After leaving art school, Irwin spends many months and years in Europe over the course of the next ______ years.
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the level of artistry is superb in Irwin's eyes, this gallery is not making many sales--which they need in order to stay in business. Who comes to the rescue and greatly improves the fiscal operation of the gallery?

2. Who early on takes note of Robert's natural talent?

3. Although many art critics disagree, Irwin connects his love of what to his later emergence as an artist--especially in the realm of folk art?

4. Irwin's views on feminism and race relations were always what?

5. To what does Robert partially attribute to growing up here in the 1940s?

(see the answer key)

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