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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Robert Irwin grow up?
(a) Southeast Los Angeles.
(b) Southwest Los Angeles.
(c) Northeast Los Angeles.
(d) Northwest Los Angeles.

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

4. Robert's dissatisfaction with Jepson then leads him to the Chouinard Art Institute, where he focuses on what?
(a) Dreamy watercolors.
(b) Abstract oil paintings.
(c) Stone carvings.
(d) Ceramic sculpture.

5. How does Robert wind up in Europe?
(a) He visits friends.
(b) He is transferred to the regular Army due to an injury.
(c) He runs out of money in Rome.
(d) He attends college in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of an effect do the repercussions from World War II have upon Irwin and his buddies?

2. Irwin's mother confirms that her son does not like to think of what?

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 is called back to active duty in the Army during what?

5. Robert's mother apparently provided Robert with an ethical foundation and his father indoctrinated him with what?

(see the answer key)

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