Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Lawrence Weschler
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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Lawrence Weschler
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By painstakingly creating red then ___________ dots, all closely aligned, on a ultra-white surface, Irwin is able to create energy.
(a) Orange.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

2. 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?
(a) An hour.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) All day.
(d) A week.

3. As an art student, Robert is both _________________.
(a) Confused and worried.
(b) Arrogant and cocky.
(c) Talented and challenged.
(d) Blessed and cursed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Although Irwin is not a good student, he is welcome where?

4. What is the philosophy of human experience stemming in large part from the work of Edmund Husserl and his followers, with Jean Paul Sartre?

5. In 1970, the young curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York invites the controversial Robert Irwin to do what?

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