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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paintings 21-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Wyeth's subject in the 1967 painting, "Post and Rail"?
(a) Karl Kuerner.
(b) Adam Stoughton.
(c) Willard Snowden.
(d) Tom Clark.

2. What did Wyeth enjoy in "Toll Rope"?
(a) The belfry.
(b) The clean glasses.
(c) The worn boots.
(d) The lobster pots.

3. What did Wyeth think about "Winter Corn" in 1948?
(a) It came to him in a dream.
(b) It was his best painting of corn.
(c) It was almost too depressing to complete.
(d) It was his son's suggestion.

4. "Pennsylvania Landscape", painted in 1942, was Wyeth's attempt to show ______________________.
(a) The ravages of winter.
(b) Boys at play.
(c) Bucolic country life.
(d) All of Pennsylvania in one picture.

5. Wyeth's reasons for starting a painting could be called _______________.
(a) Manic.
(b) Clever.
(c) Bizarre.
(d) Indulgent.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long had Wyeth been painting at the time this book was written?

2. How long did it take the author to get to know Andrew Wyeth as an artist?

3. The painting, "Lobster Traps" was completed when Wyeth was what age?

4. Who was Wyeth's subject in "Distant Thunder" in 1961?

5. "Hoffman's Slough" in 1947 rose from an idea after seeing _________________ in Maine.

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