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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. A gallery displaying some of Irwin's work includes in his catalog commentary that, "The art is what has happened to __________" (p. 92).
(a) The artist.
(b) The space.
(c) The viewer.
(d) The canvas.

2. Irwin was not one of the original artists, but is he chosen to be in the new group?
(a) Yes, but not at first.
(b) Yes, but he is later told to leave.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

3. Questions that arise within Irwin himself about his line drawings leads him to advance to what?
(a) Rectangles.
(b) Dots.
(c) Cubes.
(d) Squares.

4. Later during his disc period, Irwin is able to work with plastic discs, which provide what?
(a) Weightlessness.
(b) A safer work environment.
(c) The added element of translucence.
(d) Ease of transport.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To the entrepreneur, Irwin is exceptional and thus was able to do what?

2. Irwin is badgered by the seeming arbitrariness of the __________ created in the dots painting in their confinement to the canvas.

3. What is the undisputed capital of art in America?

4. Another critic, William Wilson of the LA Times, reported that Irwin's "paintings _____________."

5. Why does Irwin paint his dots in precise dimensions that form the allusion of a perfect square within the canvas--drawing attention away from the edges?

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