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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. Southern Californians can have instantaneous and intimate conversations with whom?
(a) Enemies.
(b) Total strangers.
(c) Acquaintances.
(d) Friends.

2. Another critic, William Wilson of the LA Times, reported that Irwin's "paintings _____________."
(a) Blush.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

3. What Irwin strives to do is create not a color field, but rather what?
(a) A color palette.
(b) A field of color energy.
(c) A lack of color field.
(d) A minute spot of color.

4. Robert was a ______________ child who could perceive danger and cope with it.
(a) Happy.
(b) Wild.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Strange.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It was in whose honor that Irwin wrote the unproduced screenplay The Green and the White?

2. With what does Ferus present Irwin?

3. By age _____________, Robert returns to Los Angeles.

4. In viewing Irwin's dots, what happened to distinguished art critic Philip Leider?

5. Irwin's mother is upset and tries to convince him that bad things will come his way if he does what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Irwin from lines to dots?

2. Describe the community in which Robert Irwin grew up.

3. Describe Robert's artistic process.

4. Describe Irwin's upbringing. What happened when he decided he no longer wanted to go to church?

5. After his second tour of duty, what does Robert do? How does he feel about this?

6. What does Irwin do regarding the canvas to make the edges less noticeable?

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

8. What happens to Robert after staring at his work for hours? How does he use this to his advantage?

9. What does Irwin say about his success and its connection to LA?

10. Who is Joan Tewkesbury?

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