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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As an art student, Robert is both _________________.
(a) Confused and worried.
(b) Arrogant and cocky.
(c) Talented and challenged.
(d) Blessed and cursed.

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

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

4. The genesis of Irwin's artistry is _____________.
(a) Vague.
(b) Obvious.
(c) Unusual.
(d) Odd.

5. It is then that Robert realizes how unhappy he is with what?
(a) Being an artist.
(b) His work.
(c) Himself.
(d) His life.

6. Irwin's years of striving for perfection and precision in what is now echoed in his works as an artist?
(a) Detailing his cars.
(b) Being a paratrooper.
(c) Studying music.
(d) Learning to dance.

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

8. It was in whose honor that Irwin wrote the unproduced screenplay The Green and the White?
(a) Joan Tewkesbury.
(b) Joan Tipograph.
(c) Joan Templeman.
(d) Joan Tisch.

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

10. His mother, like most other mothers, loved Robert's childhood drawings, but did the family focus on art or visit museums?
(a) Yes, rarely.
(b) Yes, sometimes.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, frequently.

11. After staring at his line paintings for hours and days and weeks, what eventually sets in?
(a) Depression.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Anger.
(d) Anxiety.

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

13. _________________ is part of Irwin's process in the creation of his abstracts.
(a) An intense internal dialog.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Studying the artists around him.
(d) Listening to music.

14. Irwin asks himself, "How does one paint a painting without ___________?" (p. 87).
(a) Shape.
(b) Color.
(c) Texture.
(d) A linear mark.

15. There was only one commonality between father and son and that was what?
(a) Love of sports.
(b) Love of music.
(c) Love of work.
(d) Love of art.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Ferus present Irwin?

2. Overton Irwin, Robert's father, ran a successful ____________________ business until he lost everything in the Depression.

3. One of the first steps he takes is what?

4. From what does Irwin begin to withdraw?

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

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