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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Robert partially attribute to growing up here in the 1940s?
(a) His interest in the arts.
(b) His dark tan.
(c) His easy sense of well-being.
(d) His love of the ocean.

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

3. Southern Californians can have instantaneous and intimate conversations with whom?
(a) Total strangers.
(b) Friends.
(c) Acquaintances.
(d) Enemies.

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

5. Irwin grows discontented with his show at ____________ in Los Angeles.
(a) Couturier Gallery.
(b) The Felix Landau Gallery.
(c) Bert Green Fine Art Gallery.
(d) Los Angeles Center for Digital Art.

6. Does Robert claim any discomfiture in his youth?
(a) Yes, very little.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, a great deal.
(d) Yes, some.

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

8. Through his ongoing process, Irwin ultimately concludes that __________________ is the best possible element to establish gestural integrity and one with the least amount of possibility for literal association.
(a) Color.
(b) Pattern.
(c) The straight line.
(d) The circle.

9. Robert loves school only for what?
(a) Art class.
(b) Its social opportunities.
(c) Causing trouble.
(d) Music class.

10. 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) Music.
(b) Cars.
(c) School.
(d) Girls.

11. Who early on takes note of Robert's natural talent?
(a) The school principal.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) An art teacher.
(d) A music teacher.

12. It is during his association with this gallery that Irwin evolves from a figurative painter to what?
(a) An abstract expressionist.
(b) A minimalist.
(c) A cubist.
(d) An abstract impressionist.

13. Irwin's family is part of what social class?
(a) Working middle class.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Lower class.
(d) Upper middle class.

14. Overton Irwin, Robert's father, ran a successful ____________________ business until he lost everything in the Depression.
(a) Heating and air conditioning.
(b) Flooring.
(c) Plumbing.
(d) Construction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Irwin was not one of the original artists, but is he chosen to be in the new group?

2. By painstakingly creating red then ___________ dots, all closely aligned, on a ultra-white surface, Irwin is able to create energy.

3. What engendered the solitary life that Irwin came to experience is what?

4. At Ferus, Robert feels the need to do what?

5. After graduating from high school, Robert's buddies convince him to join them in doing what?

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