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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Robert Irwin grow up?
(a) Northwest Los Angeles.
(b) Southeast Los Angeles.
(c) Northeast Los Angeles.
(d) Southwest Los Angeles.

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

3. Who early on takes note of Robert's natural talent?
(a) A music teacher.
(b) An art teacher.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) The school principal.

4. Although there was an innate pride in his son's modern art, Overton____________ it less than his wife.
(a) Understood.
(b) Wanted to see.
(c) Appreciated.
(d) Liked.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Robert loves school only for what?

3. His mother, like most other mothers, loved Robert's childhood drawings, but did the family focus on art or visit museums?

4. Although many art critics disagree, Irwin connects his love of what to his later emergence as an artist--especially in the realm of folk art?

5. Robert's mother apparently provided Robert with an ethical foundation and his father indoctrinated him with what?

(see the answer key)

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