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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The men experiment with ___________________, a device that shuts out all outside distractions, including sound and light.
(a) An anechoic chamber.
(b) An arachnid chamber.
(c) An antechamber.
(d) An archival chamber.

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

3. In general, Irwin's post-Whitney works are substantially ______________________ than his pre-Whitney projects.
(a) Smaller-scale, less expensive and more complex.
(b) Larger-scale, more expensive and more complex.
(c) Smaller-scale, less expensive and simpler.
(d) Larger-scale, more expensive and less complex.

4. What appeals to Irwin regarding these thinkers?
(a) Their level of intelligence and understanding.
(b) The amount of education they have all received.
(c) The inroads made by them in this field.
(d) The commitment made by them and the scale of their ambitions.

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

6. Irwin, through his journey of self-discovery, has learned to do what?
(a) Deal with presence with the deductiveness.
(b) Deal with presence with the reductiveness.
(c) Deal with presence without the reductiveness.
(d) Deal with presence without the deductiveness.

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

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

9. Irwin's open-ended offer with an unknown cost was _________________ many curators.
(a) Exciting to.
(b) Intriguing to.
(c) Somewhat interesting to.
(d) Off-putting to.

10. Irwin wants to make art of what?
(a) The air.
(b) The peripheral, the transitory.
(c) The walls.
(d) The viewer.

11. As science comes to what realization, it will come to rely once again on art?
(a) That artists are intelligent.
(b) That scientists must be creative.
(c) That there is not a logical answer to every question.
(d) That art is a legitimate field of study.

12. Irwin focuses on a completely white room save for what on all the walls?
(a) Dots.
(b) A red streak through the middle.
(c) A stark black baseboard.
(d) Pictures of himself.

13. Irwin ponders the possibility that the Whitney display may be what?
(a) His last foray into art.
(b) The beginning of a new series of work.
(c) His last days in the U.S.
(d) The end of an era.

14. Robert's focus now becomes what?
(a) The windows.
(b) The viewer.
(c) The lighting and the walls of the room.
(d) The floor and ceiling.

15. Irwin is no longer concerned with what?
(a) The art world context.
(b) Being an artist.
(c) Pleasing himself.
(d) His ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. The three men discover they all have an interest in what?

2. Does Robert struggle with the concepts?

3. From where is this fabric hung?

4. In a 1976 display in Venice, he merely outlines with string a spot of tree-filtered light on the ground. What do some think?

5. Between ___________ and 1970, Irwin's work can be chartered by time and focused progression.

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