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

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

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. Irwin and his brother attend what church with their mother?
(a) The Baptist Church.
(b) The Lutheran Church.
(c) The Mormon Church.
(d) The Catholic Church.

2. Irwin's mother is upset and tries to convince him that bad things will come his way if he does what?
(a) Continues to gamble.
(b) Attends another church.
(c) Drops out of school.
(d) Turns his back on the church.

3. In Robert's early days, subjects include what?
(a) Horses, cars and atypical scenery.
(b) Old men, derelicts and atypical scenery.
(c) Old men, derelicts, and horses.
(d) Women, cars and the ocean.

4. Irwin feels that the most important result of his association with Dr. Wortz is what?
(a) Each man radically changed the life of the other forever.
(b) The lessons they learned.
(c) The discoveries they made as a team.
(d) The art they made together.

5. This is a semi-transparent material used in Holland and other locales for window dressing.
(a) Silk.
(b) Scrim.
(c) Tulle.
(d) Gauze.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Irwin is badgered by the seeming arbitrariness of the __________ created in the dots painting in their confinement to the canvas.

3. To the entrepreneur, Irwin is exceptional and thus was able to do what?

4. By 1970, has Robert answered many of his questions?

5. Irwin takes a giant leap between 1962 and ___________ in the production of his ten late line paintings.

(see the answer key)

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