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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 family is part of what social class?
(a) Upper class.
(b) Lower class.
(c) Working middle class.
(d) Upper middle class.

2. 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) Marisol Escobar.
(b) Herbert Jepson.
(c) Vincent Price.
(d) William Brice.

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

4. It was in whose honor that Irwin wrote the unproduced screenplay The Green and the White?
(a) Joan Tisch.
(b) Joan Tewkesbury.
(c) Joan Templeman.
(d) Joan Tipograph.

5. Due to his school's proximity to what, Irwin becomes interested in gambling?
(a) Commerce Casino.
(b) Casino Knights.
(c) The Hollywood Casino.
(d) The Hollywood Park Race Track.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through his ongoing process, Irwin ultimately concludes that __________________ is the best possible element to establish gestural integrity and one with the least amount of possibility for literal association.

2. By age _____________, Robert returns to Los Angeles.

3. _________________ is part of Irwin's process in the creation of his abstracts.

4. To enhance the introspection of their processes, some of the Ferus artists become practitioners of what?

5. To Irwin and his young male friends, what is the most important thing in life?

(see the answer key)

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