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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. What is the undisputed capital of art in America?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Miami.

2. Irwin takes many day hikes into the flat terrain and stays where at night?
(a) In wolves' dens.
(b) Under the stars.
(c) In seedy motels.
(d) Under a cactus.

3. The three men discover they all have an interest in what?
(a) Man's sense of his own environment and a curiosity to learn how two radically different disciplines can interact within that environment.
(b) The elements of art and design.
(c) Art and science.
(d) Inventions and discoveries.

4. Where did Robert Irwin grow up?
(a) Southwest Los Angeles.
(b) Northeast Los Angeles.
(c) Southeast Los Angeles.
(d) Northwest Los Angeles.

5. The men experiment with ___________________, a device that shuts out all outside distractions, including sound and light.
(a) An arachnid chamber.
(b) An antechamber.
(c) An anechoic chamber.
(d) An archival chamber.

Short Answer Questions

1. What engendered the solitary life that Irwin came to experience is what?

2. As a young teen who loves music, Irwin teaches himself to do what?

3. Irwin asks himself, "How does one paint a painting without ___________?" (p. 87).

4. Irwin leaves others to interpret while he contemplates what?

5. Although Goldie defends her son's work and is proud of it, she admits she doesn't always ________________ it.

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