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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Robert's early days, subjects include what?
(a) Horses, cars and atypical scenery.
(b) Women, cars and the ocean.
(c) Old men, derelicts, and horses.
(d) Old men, derelicts and atypical scenery.

4. Both parents found Robert a ______ to raise.
(a) Problem.
(b) Joy.
(c) Simple child.
(d) Nuisance.

5. It is during his association with this gallery that Irwin evolves from a figurative painter to what?
(a) An abstract impressionist.
(b) An abstract expressionist.
(c) A minimalist.
(d) A cubist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Irwin's mother confirms that her son does not like to think of what?

3. 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?

4. Although Irwin is not a good student, he is welcome where?

5. Irwin's family is part of what social class?

(see the answer key)

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