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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert's dissatisfaction with Jepson then leads him to the Chouinard Art Institute, where he focuses on what?
(a) Abstract oil paintings.
(b) Dreamy watercolors.
(c) Stone carvings.
(d) Ceramic sculpture.

2. After staring at his line paintings for hours and days and weeks, what eventually sets in?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Anger.
(c) Depression.
(d) Anxiety.

3. It is then that Robert realizes how unhappy he is with what?
(a) His life.
(b) Himself.
(c) Being an artist.
(d) His work.

4. With what does Ferus present Irwin?
(a) His first experience with contemporaries whose work is superior to his own.
(b) His first experience with contemporaries whose work is inferior to his own.
(c) His first experience with contemporaries with more art training.
(d) His first experience in a gallery setting.

5. At Ferus, Robert feels the need to do what?
(a) Make friends.
(b) Hide.
(c) Catch up.
(d) Leave the art world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although there was an innate pride in his son's modern art, Overton____________ it less than his wife.

2. Irwin takes a giant leap between 1962 and ___________ in the production of his ten late line paintings.

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

4. To Irwin, a painting's gestural integrity is unyieldingly connected to what?

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

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