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

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 E

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 Chapters 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice 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.
(a) Pattern.
(b) Color.
(c) The straight line.
(d) The circle.

2. Robert loves school only for what?
(a) Causing trouble.
(b) Art class.
(c) Its social opportunities.
(d) Music class.

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

4. Irwin is called back to active duty in the Army during what?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Gulf War.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Korean War.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Leider felt that Irwin created the painting to be seen how?

2. There was only one commonality between father and son and that was what?

3. Over the last __________ years, Irwin had connected his thinking process to the art objects he was making.

4. From what does Irwin begin to withdraw?

5. Irwin's open-ended offer with an unknown cost was _________________ many curators.

(see the answer key)

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