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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Irwin it is a way of portraying perception as what?
(a) What one must believe.
(b) The essential subject of art.
(c) Secondary to light and shadow.
(d) Only from his view.

2. Descartes argued that the fundamental moment when everything is stripped away occurred where?
(a) In the congo.
(b) In the cogito.
(c) In the cognito.
(d) In the incognito.

3. Now, with no such material objects in his life, Irwin has to do what?
(a) Learn a new way of thinking.
(b) Give up on his art career.
(c) Find new materials.
(d) Create art out of nothing.

4. What is the flaw with the discs?
(a) They take up space.
(b) They are too heavy.
(c) They are not perfect.
(d) The viewers are still required to "look at something."

5. He adds a thick black tape to the floor to form what?
(a) A focal point.
(b) A barrier.
(c) A platform.
(d) A smaller rectangle.

6. Robert Irwin has maintained a unique approach throughout his career. "He is an artist who got hooked on his own curiosity and decided to _____________" (p. 203).
(a) Understand it.
(b) Live it.
(c) Control it.
(d) Study it.

7. This is a semi-transparent material used in Holland and other locales for window dressing.
(a) Gauze.
(b) Tulle.
(c) Silk.
(d) Scrim.

8. Irwin experiments with acrylic columns placed in the room and matching the walls, causing the illusion that they dissolve into the room. Unfortunately, some viewers conclude what?
(a) Irwin has transitioned over to sculpture.
(b) Irwin is now an interior designer.
(c) Irwin is leaving the art world.
(d) Irwin has lost his mind.

9. Due to changing light and time of day, this fabric appears how?
(a) Dark and light.
(b) Alternately transparent and opaque.
(c) Textured and smooth.
(d) Shiny and dull.

10. Irwin's display at the Whitney Retrospective consists of what?
(a) A dark stairwell.
(b) A room with a large blank wall.
(c) A storage closet filled with cleaning supplies.
(d) A room with a large peculiar window through which natural light streams.

11. Turrell eventually drops out of the project with no explanation. Perhaps he had fallen under what?
(a) The Anxiety of Experimentation.
(b) The Anxiety of Influence.
(c) The Anxiety of Science.
(d) The Anxiety of Art.

12. What three elements are equally positive?
(a) Wall, shadow and disc.
(b) Wall, window, shadow.
(c) Viewer, window, disc.
(d) Wall, floor, ceiling.

13. By 1970, has Robert answered many of his questions?
(a) Probably.
(b) No.
(c) Probably not.
(d) Yes.

14. In 1975, he participates in ______________________ show.
(a) The LACMA.
(b) The MoMA.
(c) The San Francisco MoMA.
(d) The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art.

15. During this time period, Irwin works on __________ projects.
(a) Dot.
(b) Disc.
(c) Scrim.
(d) Line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Robert struggle with the concepts?

2. Irwin takes many day hikes into the flat terrain and stays where at night?

3. This concept is supported by what?

4. Not knowing what direction his life is taking, Irwin does what?

5. What appeals to Irwin regarding these thinkers?

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