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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. The time spent during this period causes what to end?
(a) His marriage.
(b) His art career.
(c) His interest in making art.
(d) Many friendships.

2. To bring focus to the emotional element of his work, Irwin creates a series of ____________ paintings.
(a) Colorful.
(b) Small.
(c) Odd.
(d) Large.

3. The genesis of Irwin's artistry is _____________.
(a) Vague.
(b) Obvious.
(c) Unusual.
(d) Odd.

4. What seems to stand out as having the most war-time relevancy to Robert's young life?
(a) His brother being killed in the war.
(b) The siphoning of neighbor's gas during rationing.
(c) His friend's father being taken as a prisoner in Nazi Germany.
(d) Planting a garden in the back yard.

5. Irwin grows discontented with his show at ____________ in Los Angeles.
(a) The Felix Landau Gallery.
(b) Los Angeles Center for Digital Art.
(c) Couturier Gallery.
(d) Bert Green Fine Art Gallery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Goldie, Robert's mother, was the thinker and ___________ of the family.

2. There is nothing Irwin likes more than cruising around L.A. at any time of the day or night and stopping to do what?

3. With what does Ferus present Irwin?

4. How does Robert wind up in Europe?

5. Due to his school's proximity to what, Irwin becomes interested in gambling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Blum think of Irwin's art?

2. Describe Irwin's time as an art student at Otis Art Institute.

3. Who is Joan Tewkesbury?

4. What leads Irwin from lines to dots?

5. What is the purpose of this section? How does Robert begin his first series of work at this time?

6. What is Robert's connection to Asian philosophies?

7. What takes place between 1962 and 1964?

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

9. Describe Irwin's parents.

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

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