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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leider felt that Irwin created the painting to be seen how?
(a) In a way that allows all viewers to have their own interpretation.
(b) As he designed it to be seen or to not be seen at all.
(c) As a magnificent work of art.
(d) As a mentally-ill person might see life.

2. Irwin feels that the most important result of his association with Dr. Wortz is what?
(a) The discoveries they made as a team.
(b) The lessons they learned.
(c) The art they made together.
(d) Each man radically changed the life of the other forever.

3. At a 1971 display at UCLA's museum, Irwin redoes a utility stairway with what?
(a) A new railing.
(b) New stairs.
(c) New lighting and other minor adjustments.
(d) A new color palette.

4. In a 1976 display in Venice, he merely outlines with string a spot of tree-filtered light on the ground. What do some think?
(a) The light is art.
(b) The string is the art.
(c) There is no art.
(d) The trees are art.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1975, he participates in ______________________ show.

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

3. The genesis of Irwin's artistry is _____________.

4. By the late '60s he creates rooms devoid of what?

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

(see the answer key)

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