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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 does Irwin feel will help clear his mind in his journey of discovery?
(a) The vastness of the ocean.
(b) The heat of the desert.
(c) The barrenness of the desert.
(d) The business of the city.

2. How do critics and viewers find the disc displays?
(a) Ravishingly beautiful.
(b) Looming and menacing.
(c) Boring and devoid of energy.
(d) Strange and unusual.

3. UCLA invites Irwin in for what?
(a) Science experiments.
(b) Lectures.
(c) Art collaborations.
(d) Art demonstrations.

4. Critics do not understand the display, referring to it as what?
(a) A stunt or a nihilistic gesture.
(b) A waste of space.
(c) Simple.
(d) Beautiful.

5. The men experiment with ___________________, a device that shuts out all outside distractions, including sound and light.
(a) An antechamber.
(b) An anechoic chamber.
(c) An arachnid chamber.
(d) An archival chamber.

Short Answer Questions

1. The three men discover they all have an interest in what?

2. Robert installs a project in a museum to make what case?

3. To Irwin it is a way of portraying perception as what?

4. The room implicitly represents what?

5. Between ___________ and 1970, Irwin's work can be chartered by time and focused progression.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Irwin's scrim projects.

2. By what is Irwin now intrigued? How does this affect his work?

3. By what is Irwin intrigued? What does Irwin do regarding this philosophy?

4. What do viewers think of this display?

5. With whom does Irwin work on this collaborative project? What do they discover about each other?

6. What does Irwin do now that he has decided to stop making art to sell?

7. What is phenomenology? What does Irwin think of this and the work done regarding this?

8. How does the desert become important to Irwin?

9. What are some of Irwin's views regarding this philosophy?

10. Describe the relationship between Irwin and Dr. Wortz.

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