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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin wants to make art of what?
(a) The air.
(b) The peripheral, the transitory.
(c) The viewer.
(d) The walls.

2. What three elements are equally positive?
(a) Wall, floor, ceiling.
(b) Wall, shadow and disc.
(c) Wall, window, shadow.
(d) Viewer, window, disc.

3. By 1970, has Robert answered many of his questions?
(a) Yes.
(b) Probably.
(c) Probably not.
(d) No.

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

5. Over the last __________ years, Irwin had connected his thinking process to the art objects he was making.
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irwin finds _______________ who creates perfect discs for him.

2. Irwin has always asked legitimate questions about what?

3. How do critics and viewers find the disc displays?

4. Irwin's open-ended offer with an unknown cost was _________________ many curators.

5. What is one major difference between scientist and artist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Irwin do now that he has decided to stop making art to sell?

2. What does Maurice Tuchman organize?

3. What happens when enthusiasm for Irwin grows?

4. How does the desert become important to Irwin?

5. What leads Irwin to write his own view on this philosophy? Describe this work.

6. What is Irwin doing three years after the Whitney opening? Why?

7. With what do the men experiment? Describe these experiments.

8. Describe the relationship between Irwin and Dr. Wortz.

9. From where do non-art invitations come?

10. Describe Irwin's post-Whitney works and beliefs.

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