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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what competitions does Irwin average $100 per week in prize money?
(a) Dancing competitions.
(b) Rock band competitions.
(c) Singing competitions.
(d) Piano competitions.

2. Critics do not understand the display, referring to it as what?
(a) A stunt or a nihilistic gesture.
(b) Simple.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) A waste of space.

3. To Irwin, a painting's gestural integrity is unyieldingly connected to what?
(a) Its emotional power.
(b) Its meaning.
(c) Its beauty.
(d) Its symmetry.

4. Do many viewers "get it?"
(a) Yes, some.
(b) Yes, but very few.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, many.

5. Robert's installations were made based on what?
(a) Supplies.
(b) Time.
(c) Funding.
(d) Locale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appeals to Irwin regarding these thinkers?

2. Although there was an innate pride in his son's modern art, Overton____________ it less than his wife.

3. The men experiment with ___________________, a device that shuts out all outside distractions, including sound and light.

4. Irwin invites a young artist, James Turrell, to join him in the project. Irwin and Turrell wind up partnered on a project with Dr. Ed Wortz of Garrett Aerospace Corporation. Irwin admires Wortz's ability to do what?

5. In 1975, he participates in ______________________ show.

(see the answer key)

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