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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin sets about reading everything he can about this philosophy, sometimes spending how much time reading, analyzing, and trying to understand every turn of phrase?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) A week.
(c) All day.
(d) An hour.

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

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

4. In 1970, the young curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York invites the controversial Robert Irwin to do what?
(a) Become a member of their teaching staff.
(b) Join their board of directors.
(c) Perform a transformation of a small, abandoned room in the Museum.
(d) Display his work in the main gallery.

5. Irwin takes many day hikes into the flat terrain and stays where at night?
(a) Under the stars.
(b) In wolves' dens.
(c) Under a cactus.
(d) In seedy motels.

6. Art students where were particularly pleased to at last have exposure to modernism and minimalism from no less than one of art's masters?
(a) In the South.
(b) In the Pacific Northwest.
(c) In the Midwest.
(d) In the Southwest.

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

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

9. What is one major difference between scientist and artist?
(a) A scientist is not as creative as an artist.
(b) A scientist will keep a record of his failures and successes while an artist just paints over his mistakes until he reaches the desired effect.
(c) A scientist is required to attend college while an artist is not.
(d) A scientist is much more analytical than an artist.

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

11. UCLA invites Irwin in for what?
(a) Lectures.
(b) Art collaborations.
(c) Science experiments.
(d) Art demonstrations.

12. 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) The trees are art.
(b) The string is the art.
(c) The light is art.
(d) There is no art.

13. ___________ years after the Whitney opening, Irwin is busy with multiple proposals for projects for cities and universities.
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This chapter covers Irwin's relationship with what?

2. Why does Irwin not make art in the Mojave?

3. Irwin leaves others to interpret while he contemplates what?

4. In 1975, he participates in ______________________ show.

5. I think therefore _____________.

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