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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin focuses self-critique on the ______________ of the work.
(a) Form.
(b) Movement.
(c) Balance.
(d) Unity.

2. How does Robert wind up in Europe?
(a) He attends college in Paris.
(b) He runs out of money in Rome.
(c) He visits friends.
(d) He is transferred to the regular Army due to an injury.

3. Goldie, Robert's mother, was the thinker and ___________ of the family.
(a) Doer.
(b) Leader.
(c) Organizer.
(d) Worrier.

4. Another critic, William Wilson of the LA Times, reported that Irwin's "paintings _____________."
(a) Sing.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Dance.
(d) Blush.

5. Irwin's mother is upset and tries to convince him that bad things will come his way if he does what?
(a) Turns his back on the church.
(b) Continues to gamble.
(c) Drops out of school.
(d) Attends another church.

6. To the entrepreneur, Irwin is exceptional and thus was able to do what?
(a) Flourish in LA and indeed anywhere.
(b) Flourish in LA.
(c) Be successful in Europe.
(d) Move to New York and be successful.

7. 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) Kierkegaard's.
(b) Koestler.
(c) Kuhn.
(d) Katz.

8. After leaving art school, Irwin spends many months and years in Europe over the course of the next ______ years.
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

9. After graduating from high school, Robert's buddies convince him to join them in doing what?
(a) Studying art.
(b) Going to college.
(c) Signing up for the military.
(d) Traveling the world.

10. In Goldie's latter years, after Irwin becomes a successful artist, she has a difficult time explaining to her friends that her son is an artist, but not a ___________ artist.
(a) Professional.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Commercial.
(d) Good.

11. One of the first steps he takes is what?
(a) To look for funding.
(b) To bring in new artists.
(c) To start a school at the gallery.
(d) To pare down the number of artists at Ferus.

12. Where did Robert Irwin grow up?
(a) Southeast Los Angeles.
(b) Northeast Los Angeles.
(c) Northwest Los Angeles.
(d) Southwest Los Angeles.

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

14. Due to his school's proximity to what, Irwin becomes interested in gambling?
(a) The Hollywood Park Race Track.
(b) Casino Knights.
(c) The Hollywood Casino.
(d) Commerce Casino.

15. Robert's mother apparently provided Robert with an ethical foundation and his father indoctrinated him with what?
(a) A lazy attitude.
(b) An interest in cars.
(c) A desire to work hard.
(d) An easy-going approach to life.

Short Answer Questions

1. A gallery displaying some of Irwin's work includes in his catalog commentary that, "The art is what has happened to __________" (p. 92).

2. Irwin and his brother attend what church with their mother?

3. 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?

4. With what does Ferus present Irwin?

5. As a young teen who loves music, Irwin teaches himself to do what?

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