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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. Why does Irwin not make art in the Mojave?
(a) He has no interest in art.
(b) He has no supplies to make art.
(c) He does not want to destroy the beauty of the area.
(d) He does not know what to make.

2. Irwin ponders the possibility that the Whitney display may be what?
(a) His last foray into art.
(b) The beginning of a new series of work.
(c) The end of an era.
(d) His last days in the U.S.

3. Does Robert struggle with the concepts?
(a) Yes, and he has made no progress.
(b) Yes, but he makes progress.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, and he makes very little progress.

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

5. Art students where were particularly pleased to at last have exposure to modernism and minimalism from no less than one of art's masters?
(a) In the Midwest.
(b) In the South.
(c) In the Southwest.
(d) In the Pacific Northwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irwin is no longer concerned with what?

2. The men experiment with ___________________, a device that shuts out all outside distractions, including sound and light.

3. Irwin wants to make art of what?

4. Turrell eventually drops out of the project with no explanation. Perhaps he had fallen under what?

5. Now, with no such material objects in his life, Irwin has to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do critics and viewers think of his work? What does he think of their opinions?

2. By what is Irwin intrigued? What does Irwin do regarding this philosophy?

3. Describe Irwin's scrim projects.

4. Where does Irwin submit proposals?

5. With what is Irwin concerned at this time?

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

7. What leads Irwin to painting discs?

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

9. Describe Irwin's installation in the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art in 1975.

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

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