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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Goldie defends her son's work and is proud of it, she admits she doesn't always ________________ it.
(a) Understand.
(b) Like.
(c) Appreciate.
(d) Want to see.

2. Overton Irwin, Robert's father, ran a successful ____________________ business until he lost everything in the Depression.
(a) Heating and air conditioning.
(b) Plumbing.
(c) Flooring.
(d) Construction.

3. One of the first steps he takes is what?
(a) To pare down the number of artists at Ferus.
(b) To start a school at the gallery.
(c) To look for funding.
(d) To bring in new artists.

4. In Goldie's latter years, after Irwin becomes a successful artist, she has a difficult time explaining to her friends that her son is an artist, but not a ___________ artist.
(a) Good.
(b) Professional.
(c) Commercial.
(d) Traditional.

5. Irwin grows discontented with his show at ____________ in Los Angeles.
(a) The Felix Landau Gallery.
(b) Los Angeles Center for Digital Art.
(c) Bert Green Fine Art Gallery.
(d) Couturier Gallery.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Irwin, a painting's gestural integrity is unyieldingly connected to what?

2. Blum regrets that some of the gallery's artists fail to move _______________ where they could be successful.

3. Upon his return, he immediately enrolls in the Otis Art Institute--claiming he knew he would be an artist even before when?

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

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

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