Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Lawrence Weschler
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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Lawrence Weschler
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin's family is part of what social class?
(a) Upper middle class.
(b) Lower class.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Working middle class.

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

3. By age _____________, Robert returns to Los Angeles.
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Eighteen.

4. Irwin grows discontented with his show at ____________ in Los Angeles.
(a) The Felix Landau Gallery.
(b) Los Angeles Center for Digital Art.
(c) Bert Green Fine Art Gallery.
(d) Couturier Gallery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon his return to LA, Irwin enrolls in the Jepson Art institute, which is staffed by art luminaries of the day, including Rico Lebrun, Howard Warshaw and who?

2. Irwin was not one of the original artists, but is he chosen to be in the new group?

3. Blum regrets that some of the gallery's artists fail to move _______________ where they could be successful.

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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