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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Irwin paint his dots in precise dimensions that form the allusion of a perfect square within the canvas--drawing attention away from the edges?
(a) He wants the entire dot to be visible.
(b) He is not pleased with the imperfect edges of his dot paintings.
(c) He does not like to use the entire canvas.
(d) He does not like painting dots.

2. A second way Irwin deals with imperfect edges is to do what to the canvas?
(a) Cut the canvas in a circular form.
(b) Balloon it out a few inches at the center.
(c) Extend the canvas completely from one wall to another.
(d) Make the canvas concave at the center.

3. Irwin's ultimate goal is to create a work that is unified and consistent in what?
(a) Emphasis and unity.
(b) Color and value.
(c) Form and balance.
(d) Color and physical terms.

4. Although there was an innate pride in his son's modern art, Overton____________ it less than his wife.
(a) Liked.
(b) Wanted to see.
(c) Understood.
(d) Appreciated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. He assesses every stroke and analyzes each part against the whole. In the end Irwin wants his work to appear how?

2. What three elements are equally positive?

3. Questions that arise within Irwin himself about his line drawings leads him to advance to what?

4. It is then that Robert realizes how unhappy he is with what?

5. By painstakingly creating red then ___________ dots, all closely aligned, on a ultra-white surface, Irwin is able to create energy.

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