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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 mother is upset and tries to convince him that bad things will come his way if he does what?
(a) Attends another church.
(b) Continues to gamble.
(c) Drops out of school.
(d) Turns his back on the church.

2. Irwin focuses self-critique on the ______________ of the work.
(a) Form.
(b) Unity.
(c) Movement.
(d) Balance.

3. Irwin grows discontented with his show at ____________ in Los Angeles.
(a) Los Angeles Center for Digital Art.
(b) Couturier Gallery.
(c) The Felix Landau Gallery.
(d) Bert Green Fine Art Gallery.

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

5. He cut short his time in Europe by doing what?
(a) Quitting his job and returning home.
(b) Getting a transfer from the European branch of a company to the California branch.
(c) Exchanging one year of active duty for three years in the army reserve.
(d) Self inflicting a wound.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Robert's early days, subjects include what?

3. How much of an effect do the repercussions from World War II have upon Irwin and his buddies?

4. Does Robert claim any discomfiture in his youth?

5. What is L.A.'s funky, avant-garde community of artists?

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