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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over the last __________ years, Irwin had connected his thinking process to the art objects he was making.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Ten.

2. Turrell eventually drops out of the project with no explanation. Perhaps he had fallen under what?
(a) The Anxiety of Science.
(b) The Anxiety of Art.
(c) The Anxiety of Experimentation.
(d) The Anxiety of Influence.

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

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

5. Does Robert claim any discomfiture in his youth?
(a) Yes, some.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, very little.
(d) Yes, a great deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through his ongoing process, Irwin ultimately concludes that __________________ is the best possible element to establish gestural integrity and one with the least amount of possibility for literal association.

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

3. This period chronicles Irwin's transformation from abstract impressionist to ________________ artisan.

4. To what does Robert partially attribute to growing up here in the 1940s?

5. What three elements are equally positive?

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