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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There is nothing Irwin likes more than cruising around L.A. at any time of the day or night and stopping to do what?
(a) Enjoy a Coke.
(b) Look for celebrities.
(c) People watch.
(d) Take photographs.

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

3. Overton Irwin, Robert's father, ran a successful ____________________ business until he lost everything in the Depression.
(a) Heating and air conditioning.
(b) Construction.
(c) Flooring.
(d) Plumbing.

4. To the entrepreneur, Irwin is exceptional and thus was able to do what?
(a) Be successful in Europe.
(b) Flourish in LA and indeed anywhere.
(c) Flourish in LA.
(d) Move to New York and be successful.

5. Upon his return to LA, Irwin enrolls in the Jepson Art institute, which is staffed by art luminaries of the day, including Rico Lebrun, Howard Warshaw and who?
(a) Vincent Price.
(b) Marisol Escobar.
(c) William Brice.
(d) Herbert Jepson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who early on takes note of Robert's natural talent?

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

4. In Robert's early days, subjects include what?

5. Upon his return, he immediately enrolls in the Otis Art Institute--claiming he knew he would be an artist even before when?

(see the answer key)

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