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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. It is during his association with this gallery that Irwin evolves from a figurative painter to what?
(a) A cubist.
(b) An abstract impressionist.
(c) An abstract expressionist.
(d) A minimalist.

2. Irwin asks himself, "How does one paint a painting without ___________?" (p. 87).
(a) A linear mark.
(b) Color.
(c) Texture.
(d) Shape.

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

4. What engendered the solitary life that Irwin came to experience is what?
(a) Seen in his father's personality.
(b) Due to his family's lack of understanding.
(c) Noticeable in his mother.
(d) An unknown.

5. Irwin wants to make art of what?
(a) The peripheral, the transitory.
(b) The walls.
(c) The viewer.
(d) The air.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irwin finds _______________ who creates perfect discs for him.

2. Goldie, Robert's mother, was the thinker and ___________ of the family.

3. How does Robert react when some of his work is actually destroyed by viewers at his displays?

4. What is the flaw with the discs?

5. Although Goldie defends her son's work and is proud of it, she admits she doesn't always ________________ it.

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