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

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

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 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin's goal is to create art that leaves the observer how?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Confused.
(c) In a meditative state.
(d) Content.

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

3. Upon his return, he immediately enrolls in the Otis Art Institute--claiming he knew he would be an artist even before when?
(a) High school.
(b) He started school.
(c) The military.
(d) College.

4. Robert's mother apparently provided Robert with an ethical foundation and his father indoctrinated him with what?
(a) A desire to work hard.
(b) An easy-going approach to life.
(c) An interest in cars.
(d) A lazy attitude.

5. Although Irwin is not a good student, he is welcome where?
(a) In art class.
(b) In many social cliques.
(c) In the autobody class.
(d) In the principal's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irwin feels he got his drive to accomplish from whom?

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

3. Irwin's mother is upset and tries to convince him that bad things will come his way if he does what?

4. It is during his association with this gallery that Irwin evolves from a figurative painter to what?

5. After graduating from high school, Robert's buddies convince him to join them in doing what?

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