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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin's ultimate goal is to create a work that is unified and consistent in what?
(a) Form and balance.
(b) Emphasis and unity.
(c) Color and physical terms.
(d) Color and value.

2. Does Robert claim any discomfiture in his youth?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, very little.
(c) Yes, some.
(d) Yes, a great deal.

3. Irwin's mother is upset and tries to convince him that bad things will come his way if he does what?
(a) Attends another church.
(b) Continues to gamble.
(c) Drops out of school.
(d) Turns his back on the church.

4. There was only one commonality between father and son and that was what?
(a) Love of work.
(b) Love of sports.
(c) Love of art.
(d) Love of music.

5. Blum regrets that some of the gallery's artists fail to move _______________ where they could be successful.
(a) To Paris.
(b) To New York.
(c) To Chicago.
(d) To Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. To enhance the introspection of their processes, some of the Ferus artists become practitioners of what?

2. To Irwin, a painting's gestural integrity is unyieldingly connected to what?

3. As a young teen who loves music, Irwin teaches himself to do what?

4. Robert's mother apparently provided Robert with an ethical foundation and his father indoctrinated him with what?

5. Although there was an innate pride in his son's modern art, Overton____________ it less than his wife.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mystery that remains regarding Robert Irwin?

2. What evidence of art was see in Irwin's childhood?

3. Describe Irwin's personality as a child and how this affected his parents.

4. Describe Robert's artistic process.

5. What does Robert do after leaving school?

6. What leads Irwin to his "early line painting" phase?

7. How do those who grow up in this community view the world?

8. What leads Irwin from lines to dots?

9. What did Irwin's parents think of his art?

10. What happens when Irwin grows discontented with his show at the Felix Landau Gallery in Los Angeles?

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