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

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 B

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 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin leaves others to interpret while he contemplates what?
(a) Moving back to Europe.
(b) Rebuilding a car.
(c) Ending his career as an artist.
(d) Working on his marriage.

2. Irwin finds _______________ who creates perfect discs for him.
(a) A jeweler.
(b) A ceramic artist.
(c) A sculptor.
(d) A metal craftsman.

3. Does Robert struggle with the concepts?
(a) Yes, and he makes very little progress.
(b) Yes, and he has made no progress.
(c) Yes, but he makes progress.
(d) No.

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

5. Irwin strives to turn himself over to what?
(a) God.
(b) The canvas.
(c) Art.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Later during his disc period, Irwin is able to work with plastic discs, which provide what?

2. After gaining understanding of the basics, Irwin does what?

3. Descartes argued that the fundamental moment when everything is stripped away occurred where?

4. It is in ___________________ that the two disciplines, art and science, have grown separately.

5. At Ferus, Robert feels the need to do what?

(see the answer key)

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