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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Thirty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty.

2. Why does Irwin not make art in the Mojave?
(a) He has no supplies to make art.
(b) He does not know what to make.
(c) He has no interest in art.
(d) He does not want to destroy the beauty of the area.

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

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

5. While much thought goes into his writing, it illustrates that his strength in communication lies where?
(a) In his art.
(b) In the spoken word.
(c) In his ability to listen.
(d) In the written word.

6. 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 is now an interior designer.
(b) Irwin is leaving the art world.
(c) Irwin has lost his mind.
(d) Irwin has transitioned over to sculpture.

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

8. 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.

9. What is the philosophy of human experience stemming in large part from the work of Edmund Husserl and his followers, with Jean Paul Sartre?
(a) Pseudophilosophy
(b) Panentheism.
(c) Phenomenology.
(d) Perspectivism.

10. Robert installs a project in a museum to make what case?
(a) That the museum is irrelevant.
(b) That the museum should accept him.
(c) That his art can be displayed anywhere.
(d) That museums are worthwhile.

11. Irwin feels so self-indulgent in his own work that ___________________ as a means in which he can serve society as a whole.
(a) He offers his services cost free.
(b) He only teaches.
(c) He gives his art away to the poor.
(d) He only talks about art.

12. It is ____________________ to describe Irwin's work after 1970.
(a) Difficult.
(b) Fun.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) Easy.

13. In a 1976 display in Venice, he merely outlines with string a spot of tree-filtered light on the ground. What do some think?
(a) There is no art.
(b) The string is the art.
(c) The trees are art.
(d) The light is art.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Irwin feel will help clear his mind in his journey of discovery?

2. Irwin invites a young artist, James Turrell, to join him in the project. Irwin and Turrell wind up partnered on a project with Dr. Ed Wortz of Garrett Aerospace Corporation. Irwin admires Wortz's ability to do what?

3. Now, with no such material objects in his life, Irwin has to do what?

4. I think therefore _____________.

5. Irwin is no longer concerned with what?

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