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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 ponders the possibility that the Whitney display may be what?
(a) The beginning of a new series of work.
(b) His last foray into art.
(c) The end of an era.
(d) His last days in the U.S.

2. Describe his writing.
(a) Convoluted, mired in itself and rambling.
(b) Flowery and detailed.
(c) Simple and straightforward.
(d) Dry and boring.

3. He uses vast lighting to feature a project in Berkeley and is disappointed when?
(a) The color itself receives more attention than the other elements.
(b) The lighting itself receives more attention than the color.
(c) The space itself receives more attention than the lighting.
(d) The lighting itself receives more attention than the space.

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

5. Irwin invites a young artist, James Turrell, to join him in the project. Irwin and Turrell wind up partnered on a project with Dr. Ed Wortz of Garrett Aerospace Corporation. Irwin admires Wortz's ability to do what?
(a) Challenge him as both an artist and a scientist.
(b) Solve any equation.
(c) Handle whatever challenge he encounters with ease and without prejudice.
(d) Ask unanswerable questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. The passion of Irwin's career has been continually fighting what?

2. Irwin finds _______________ who creates perfect discs for him.

3. Critics do not understand the display, referring to it as what?

4. Maurice Tuchman, curator of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, enlists the cooperation of some __________________ corporate institutions to place artists in an Art and Technology program.

5. Art students where were particularly pleased to at last have exposure to modernism and minimalism from no less than one of art's masters?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the relationship between Irwin and Dr. Wortz.

3. What happens when enthusiasm for Irwin grows?

4. With what is Irwin concerned at this time?

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

6. Describe Irwin's installations after 1970.

7. Compare Irwin's work from before 1970 to his work after 1970.

8. With whom does Irwin work on this collaborative project? What do they discover about each other?

9. Describe Irwin's scrim projects.

10. Where does Irwin submit proposals?

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