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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. It is in ___________________ that the two disciplines, art and science, have grown separately.
(a) Ancient times.
(b) Modern times.
(c) Prehistoric times.
(d) Lithographic times.

2. Irwin wants to make art of what?
(a) The air.
(b) The walls.
(c) The peripheral, the transitory.
(d) The viewer.

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

4. Irwin intends that viewers will experience what?
(a) A different world than was present before they entered.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) A moment of tranquility.
(d) Confusion.

5. Irwin's discomfort with paintings that encompass the edges of the canvas leads him to move on to painting what?
(a) Walls.
(b) Floors.
(c) Discs.
(d) Ceilings.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the mid and late sixties, Irwin supplements his meager art income with earnings from his stints as a teacher. However, his main source of income during this period is from what?

2. Robert's focus now becomes what?

3. 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?

4. The three men discover they all have an interest in what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Irwin's installations after 1970.

2. From where do non-art invitations come?

3. By what is Irwin now intrigued? How does this affect his work?

4. Describe Irwin's scrim projects.

5. What happens when enthusiasm for Irwin grows?

6. What does Irwin ponder after the Whitney display? Why?

7. With what is Irwin concerned at this time?

8. Describe Irwin's display at the Whitney Retrospective.

9. What are some of Irwin's views regarding this philosophy?

10. What leads Irwin to write his own view on this philosophy? Describe this work.

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