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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin is intrigued by the concept of becoming ________________ which held the dual challenge of becoming responsible.
(a) Reversible.
(b) Retrievable.
(c) Reliable.
(d) Reasonable.

2. It is in ___________________ that the two disciplines, art and science, have grown separately.
(a) Prehistoric times.
(b) Lithographic times.
(c) Modern times.
(d) Ancient times.

3. When Irwin is told that Sartre dropped everything to learn about this philosophy, what did Irwin do?
(a) He followed suit.
(b) He did the opposite.
(c) He laughed, finding this ridiculous.
(d) He returned to painting.

4. The room implicitly represents what?
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Happiness.
(c) A journey to a new beginning.
(d) The Mojave Desert.

5. This concept is supported by what?
(a) A nearby display of small, playful trinkets.
(b) A nearby display of aerial shots of the desert.
(c) A nearby display of small, simply-made items.
(d) A nearby display of aerial shots of New York City.

6. Describe his writing.
(a) Flowery and detailed.
(b) Dry and boring.
(c) Simple and straightforward.
(d) Convoluted, mired in itself and rambling.

7. Irwin is badgered by the seeming arbitrariness of the __________ created in the dots painting in their confinement to the canvas.
(a) Color.
(b) Energy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Life.

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

9. Irwin has always asked legitimate questions about what?
(a) Himself.
(b) The world.
(c) His art.
(d) The world and art.

10. 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) Study it.
(d) Control it.

11. Irwin is drawn to what?
(a) The desert.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) The ocean.
(d) New York.

12. Irwin intends that viewers will experience what?
(a) A different world than was present before they entered.
(b) A moment of tranquility.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Nirvana.

13. How do young artists view Irwin?
(a) They look up to him as a theorist and ideological mentor.
(b) They see him as an artist to mimic.
(c) They view him as just another contemporary artist.
(d) They view him as a celebrity.

14. After gaining understanding of the basics, Irwin does what?
(a) Writes his own view of the philosophy.
(b) Gives lectures about this philosophy.
(c) Creates art inspired by this philosophy.
(d) Talks to others about this philosophy.

15. Maurice Tuchman, curator of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, enlists the cooperation of some __________________ corporate institutions to place artists in an Art and Technology program.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is a semi-transparent material used in Holland and other locales for window dressing.

2. To Irwin it is a way of portraying perception as what?

3. What do Irwin's new works involve?

4. He uses vast lighting to feature a project in Berkeley and is disappointed when?

5. What is one major difference between scientist and artist?

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