Pollock: so-called "action painting"

Me in front of THE Jackson Pollock painting
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1. Pollock begins his NYC career in a neighborhood friendly to struggling artists in the 1940's: a) Upper West Side b) SoHo c) Harlem d) Lower East Side.
2. The ethnicity of Pollock's girlfriend, Lee Krassner: a) Puerto Rican b) Jewish c) Italian d) French.
3. Pollock's mental bete noire ("black beast"): a) Willem de Kooning b) Peggy Guggenheim c) Clement Greenburg d) Pablo Picasso.
4. As an impoverished, emotionally unstable and alcoholic painter, Pollock's survival is aided by
a) his mother b) his brother c) various artist-addicted women d) art patrons.
5. Symbolic of his troubled state is his 1-A draft classification in regards military service in WWII. T / F
6. Peggy Guggenheim pays Pollock a steady fee to enable his painting to continue. That is called a
___. a) debt agreement b) stipend c) trust fund d) indentureship.
7. Guggenheim commissions Pollock to create a large painting for her a) living room
b) summer house c) bedroom d) foyer.
8. Pollock and Krassner leave the city but New York. They find a farmhouse near the easternmost peninsula of __ Island.
9. Pollock and Krassner remain together but do not marry. T / F
10. As he moves toward a breakthrough in style, Pollock changes his type of paint. He moves from oils to paint based on a) chalk b) sand c) enamel d) water color.