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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Does Robert claim any discomfiture in his youth?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, a great deal.
(c) Yes, very little.
(d) Yes, some.

3. It was in whose honor that Irwin wrote the unproduced screenplay The Green and the White?
(a) Joan Tewkesbury.
(b) Joan Tisch.
(c) Joan Templeman.
(d) Joan Tipograph.

4. Due to his school's proximity to what, Irwin becomes interested in gambling?
(a) The Hollywood Park Race Track.
(b) Casino Knights.
(c) Commerce Casino.
(d) The Hollywood Casino.

5. That Irwin's childhood recollections reside mainly as _____________________ is a clue that his strong connection to the visual was present very early in life.
(a) Perfect images versus words or conversations.
(b) Photographs he has taken.
(c) Words or conversations versus perfect images.
(d) Drawings he has made.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Although many art critics disagree, Irwin connects his love of what to his later emergence as an artist--especially in the realm of folk art?

3. His mother, like most other mothers, loved Robert's childhood drawings, but did the family focus on art or visit museums?

4. Irwin's mother is upset and tries to convince him that bad things will come his way if he does what?

5. Goldie, Robert's mother, was the thinker and ___________ of the family.

(see the answer key)

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