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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A gallery displaying some of Irwin's work includes in his catalog commentary that, "The art is what has happened to __________" (p. 92).
(a) The space.
(b) The artist.
(c) The viewer.
(d) The canvas.

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

4. Irwin takes his lead from master artist _____________, who in creating a multitude of paintings always uses the same subjects--a set of bottles.
(a) Marisol.
(b) Moriarty.
(c) Morandi.
(d) Mandalay.

5. Robert's focus now becomes what?
(a) The floor and ceiling.
(b) The windows.
(c) The lighting and the walls of the room.
(d) The viewer.

Short Answer Questions

1. A second way Irwin deals with imperfect edges is to do what to the canvas?

2. That Irwin's childhood recollections reside mainly as _____________________ is a clue that his strong connection to the visual was present very early in life.

3. Irwin attributes his success at this gallery, at least in part, to what?

4. Robert was a ______________ child who could perceive danger and cope with it.

5. Although Irwin probably was not familiar with whose philosophy of "The Rotation Method," the philosopher's conclusion that fertility is created through self-limitation shines through in his work?

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