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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Cars.
(b) Girls.
(c) Music.
(d) School.

2. Robert was a ______________ child who could perceive danger and cope with it.
(a) Happy.
(b) Wild.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Strange.

3. There was only one commonality between father and son and that was what?
(a) Love of art.
(b) Love of sports.
(c) Love of work.
(d) Love of music.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It was in whose honor that Irwin wrote the unproduced screenplay The Green and the White?

2. Irwin and his brother attend what church with their mother?

3. Due to his school's proximity to what, Irwin becomes interested in gambling?

4. Irwin's views on feminism and race relations were always what?

5. In Goldie's latter years, after Irwin becomes a successful artist, she has a difficult time explaining to her friends that her son is an artist, but not a ___________ artist.

(see the answer key)

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