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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is L.A.'s funky, avant-garde community of artists?

2. Robert's dissatisfaction with Jepson then leads him to the Chouinard Art Institute, where he focuses on what?

3. What Irwin strives to do is create not a color field, but rather what?

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

5. From what competitions does Irwin average $100 per week in prize money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Irwin's liberal thinking.

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

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

4. What does Robert do after leaving school?

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

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

7. How does Irwin end up in the military?

8. How were cars important to Irwin and his friends?

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

10. How are Irwin's relationships with others affected? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From 1962 to 1964 Irwin produces ten late line paintings.

Part 1) Describe these paintings. What events and work lead to these paintings? How is Irwin changed in these two years? Why?

Part 2) To what do these paintings lead? How is all this work viewed by critics? Do they like it? Why or why not? How does this work reflect Irwin's personality?

Part 3) Who is your favorite artist? Describe his or her work. How does this work reflect the artists' personality? Why are you drawn to this artist and his or her work?

Essay Topic 2

Robert moves to Europe.

Part 1) Describe this move to Europe. What does he learn while in Europe? Could he have learned this in the states? Why or why not?

Part 2) What does the reader learn about Irwin during this time? How does this time influence him later in life?

Part 3) Would you ever want to live outside the U.S.? If so, where and why? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

Irwin exhibited an unusually strong independent streak.

Part 1) Describe this streak. How was it seen in him as a child? What role did it play as he grew up? How was it seen in his art?

Part 2) Did Irwin benefit from this independent streak? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) Do you have an independent streak? if so, describe it. If not, why not? How does this independent streak or lack of one influence you?

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