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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The men experiment with ___________________, a device that shuts out all outside distractions, including sound and light.
(a) An anechoic chamber.
(b) An archival chamber.
(c) An arachnid chamber.
(d) An antechamber.

2. It is ____________________ to describe Irwin's work after 1970.
(a) Difficult.
(b) Fun.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) Easy.

3. From where is this fabric hung?
(a) The doorway.
(b) The art work.
(c) The ceiling.
(d) The window.

4. What is the flaw with the discs?
(a) They take up space.
(b) They are too heavy.
(c) They are not perfect.
(d) The viewers are still required to "look at something."

5. Irwin feels so self-indulgent in his own work that ___________________ as a means in which he can serve society as a whole.
(a) He only teaches.
(b) He only talks about art.
(c) He offers his services cost free.
(d) He gives his art away to the poor.

6. In a 1976 display in Venice, he merely outlines with string a spot of tree-filtered light on the ground. What do some think?
(a) The light is art.
(b) There is no art.
(c) The string is the art.
(d) The trees are art.

7. How do critics and viewers find the disc displays?
(a) Boring and devoid of energy.
(b) Ravishingly beautiful.
(c) Looming and menacing.
(d) Strange and unusual.

8. Irwin is no longer concerned with what?
(a) His ideas.
(b) The art world context.
(c) Pleasing himself.
(d) Being an artist.

9. After gaining understanding of the basics, Irwin does what?
(a) Talks to others about this philosophy.
(b) Gives lectures about this philosophy.
(c) Creates art inspired by this philosophy.
(d) Writes his own view of the philosophy.

10. Now, with no such material objects in his life, Irwin has to do what?
(a) Find new materials.
(b) Learn a new way of thinking.
(c) Create art out of nothing.
(d) Give up on his art career.

11. Irwin leaves others to interpret while he contemplates what?
(a) Ending his career as an artist.
(b) Moving back to Europe.
(c) Working on his marriage.
(d) Rebuilding a car.

12. There is a thin black ________ around the room at eye level.
(a) Line.
(b) String.
(c) Series of circles.
(d) String of pearls.

13. What does Irwin feel will help clear his mind in his journey of discovery?
(a) The barrenness of the desert.
(b) The business of the city.
(c) The heat of the desert.
(d) The vastness of the ocean.

14. Critics do not understand the display, referring to it as what?
(a) A stunt or a nihilistic gesture.
(b) Simple.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) A waste of space.

15. It is in ___________________ that the two disciplines, art and science, have grown separately.
(a) Prehistoric times.
(b) Lithographic times.
(c) Modern times.
(d) Ancient times.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is a semi-transparent material used in Holland and other locales for window dressing.

2. Irwin's discomfort with paintings that encompass the edges of the canvas leads him to move on to painting what?

3. What appeals to Irwin regarding these thinkers?

4. While much thought goes into his writing, it illustrates that his strength in communication lies where?

5. He uses vast lighting to feature a project in Berkeley and is disappointed when?

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