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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon his return, he immediately enrolls in the Otis Art Institute--claiming he knew he would be an artist even before when?
(a) The military.
(b) High school.
(c) College.
(d) He started school.

2. Irwin leaves others to interpret while he contemplates what?
(a) Moving back to Europe.
(b) Working on his marriage.
(c) Ending his career as an artist.
(d) Rebuilding a car.

3. Irwin's discomfort with paintings that encompass the edges of the canvas leads him to move on to painting what?
(a) Ceilings.
(b) Walls.
(c) Floors.
(d) Discs.

4. What Irwin strives to do is create not a color field, but rather what?
(a) A field of color energy.
(b) A color palette.
(c) A lack of color field.
(d) A minute spot of color.

5. Irwin displays his line drawings at Ferus and at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York. He attempts to adjust what to duplicate the conditions of his studio?
(a) The room temperature.
(b) The lighting in the room.
(c) The light and room color and configuration.
(d) The sounds in the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the focal point of each project to Irwin?

2. This period chronicles Irwin's transformation from abstract impressionist to ________________ artisan.

3. How do critics and viewers find the disc displays?

4. Irwin ponders the possibility that the Whitney display may be what?

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

(see the answer key)

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