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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Southern Californians can have instantaneous and intimate conversations with whom?
(a) Acquaintances.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Total strangers.
(d) Friends.

2. What seems to stand out as having the most war-time relevancy to Robert's young life?
(a) Planting a garden in the back yard.
(b) The siphoning of neighbor's gas during rationing.
(c) His friend's father being taken as a prisoner in Nazi Germany.
(d) His brother being killed in the war.

3. To Irwin and his young male friends, what is the most important thing in life?
(a) Their cars.
(b) Music.
(c) Girls.
(d) School.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. One of the first steps he takes is what?

5. To bring focus to the emotional element of his work, Irwin creates a series of ____________ paintings.

(see the answer key)

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