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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After staring at his line paintings for hours and days and weeks, what eventually sets in?
(a) Depression.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Anger.
(d) Boredom.

2. Irwin is drawn to what?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) The desert.
(c) New York.
(d) The ocean.

3. Between ___________ and 1970, Irwin's work can be chartered by time and focused progression.
(a) 1957.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1955.

4. He adds a thick black tape to the floor to form what?
(a) A focal point.
(b) A barrier.
(c) A platform.
(d) A smaller rectangle.

5. Descartes argued that the fundamental moment when everything is stripped away occurred where?
(a) In the congo.
(b) In the incognito.
(c) In the cognito.
(d) In the cogito.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Irwin, a painting's gestural integrity is unyieldingly connected to what?

2. To Irwin and his young male friends, what is the most important thing in life?

3. It is during his association with this gallery that Irwin evolves from a figurative painter to what?

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

5. A gallery displaying some of Irwin's work includes in his catalog commentary that, "The art is what has happened to __________" (p. 92).

(see the answer key)

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