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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although many art critics disagree, Irwin connects his love of what to his later emergence as an artist--especially in the realm of folk art?
(a) Girls.
(b) School.
(c) Music.
(d) Cars.

2. 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?
(a) Katz.
(b) Kierkegaard's.
(c) Koestler.
(d) Kuhn.

3. 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) Appreciated.
(d) Liked.

4. To Irwin and his young male friends, what is the most important thing in life?
(a) Girls.
(b) Music.
(c) School.
(d) Their cars.

5. Irwin and his brother attend what church with their mother?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) The Baptist Church.
(c) The Lutheran Church.
(d) The Mormon Church.

6. His dissatisfaction compels him to begin an association with what Gallery, which fostered the coming of age of the modernist artist in LA in the sixties?
(a) Subliminal Projects Gallery.
(b) Papillon Gallery.
(c) DF2 Gallery.
(d) The Ferus Gallery.

7. Both parents found Robert a ______ to raise.
(a) Joy.
(b) Simple child.
(c) Nuisance.
(d) Problem.

8. To bring focus to the emotional element of his work, Irwin creates a series of ____________ paintings.
(a) Large.
(b) Small.
(c) Odd.
(d) Colorful.

9. The entrepreneur not only admires Irwin's art but also what?
(a) His love of New York.
(b) His easy-going personality.
(c) His religious background.
(d) His determination and ambition to succeed.

10. Irwin was not one of the original artists, but is he chosen to be in the new group?
(a) Yes, but not at first.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes, but he is later told to leave.

11. At Ferus, Robert feels the need to do what?
(a) Catch up.
(b) Make friends.
(c) Hide.
(d) Leave the art world.

12. Irwin's ultimate goal is to create a work that is unified and consistent in what?
(a) Color and physical terms.
(b) Emphasis and unity.
(c) Color and value.
(d) Form and balance.

13. To enhance the introspection of their processes, some of the Ferus artists become practitioners of what?
(a) Zen and other Asian philosophies.
(b) Palm reading.
(c) Zen Buddhism.
(d) Christianity.

14. By painstakingly creating red then ___________ dots, all closely aligned, on a ultra-white surface, Irwin is able to create energy.
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

15. What is L.A.'s funky, avant-garde community of artists?
(a) The Felix Gallery.
(b) The Furmann Gallery.
(c) The Ferris Gallery.
(d) The Ferus Gallery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Irwin strives to turn himself over to what?

3. With what does Ferus present Irwin?

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

5. In Robert's early days, subjects include what?

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