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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As an art student, Robert is both _________________.
(a) Confused and worried.
(b) Arrogant and cocky.
(c) Talented and challenged.
(d) Blessed and cursed.

2. This is a semi-transparent material used in Holland and other locales for window dressing.
(a) Scrim.
(b) Silk.
(c) Gauze.
(d) Tulle.

3. Does Robert claim any discomfiture in his youth?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, a great deal.
(c) Yes, some.
(d) Yes, very little.

4. Describe his writing.
(a) Simple and straightforward.
(b) Dry and boring.
(c) Convoluted, mired in itself and rambling.
(d) Flowery and detailed.

5. Although there was an innate pride in his son's modern art, Overton____________ it less than his wife.
(a) Understood.
(b) Wanted to see.
(c) Liked.
(d) Appreciated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irwin's years of striving for perfection and precision in what is now echoed in his works as an artist?

2. Irwin experiments with acrylic columns placed in the room and matching the walls, causing the illusion that they dissolve into the room. Unfortunately, some viewers conclude what?

3. What Irwin strives to do is create not a color field, but rather what?

4. Irwin's goal is to create art that leaves the observer how?

5. Although Irwin is not a good student, he is welcome where?

(see the answer key)

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