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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Goldie, Robert's mother, was the thinker and ___________ of the family.
(a) Leader.
(b) Organizer.
(c) Worrier.
(d) Doer.

2. Who early on takes note of Robert's natural talent?
(a) A music teacher.
(b) An art teacher.
(c) The school principal.
(d) His girlfriend.

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

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

5. How does Robert react when some of his work is actually destroyed by viewers at his displays?
(a) He falls into a depression.
(b) He sues.
(c) He does not mourn the loss.
(d) He becomes very angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Irwin finds _______________ who creates perfect discs for him.

3. This chapter covers Irwin's relationship with what?

4. Irwin focuses self-critique on the ______________ of the work.

5. Maurice Tuchman, curator of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, enlists the cooperation of some __________________ corporate institutions to place artists in an Art and Technology program.

(see the answer key)

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