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

Lawrence Weschler
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin Quiz | Eight 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 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By age _____________, Robert returns to Los Angeles.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

2. 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) Music.
(b) Girls.
(c) Cars.
(d) School.

3. Although Goldie defends her son's work and is proud of it, she admits she doesn't always ________________ it.
(a) Understand.
(b) Like.
(c) Appreciate.
(d) Want to see.

4. What engendered the solitary life that Irwin came to experience is what?
(a) Noticeable in his mother.
(b) An unknown.
(c) Due to his family's lack of understanding.
(d) Seen in his father's personality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert loves school only for what?

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

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

4. To the entrepreneur, Irwin is exceptional and thus was able to do what?

5. Both parents found Robert a ______ to raise.

(see the answer key)

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