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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a young teen who loves music, Irwin teaches himself to do what?
(a) Sing.
(b) Play the guitar.
(c) Dance.
(d) Play the piano.

2. 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) Photographs he has taken.
(b) Drawings he has made.
(c) Perfect images versus words or conversations.
(d) Words or conversations versus perfect images.

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

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

5. Irwin's views on feminism and race relations were always what?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Ahead of his times.
(d) Strange.

Short Answer Questions

1. After graduating from high school, Robert's buddies convince him to join them in doing what?

2. Irwin's years of striving for perfection and precision in what is now echoed in his works as an artist?

3. To Irwin and his young male friends, what is the most important thing in life?

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

5. Although the level of artistry is superb in Irwin's eyes, this gallery is not making many sales--which they need in order to stay in business. Who comes to the rescue and greatly improves the fiscal operation of the gallery?

(see the answer key)

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