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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Paintings 1-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wyeth think was not necessary to add to a scene?
(a) Life.
(b) Personality.
(c) Strength.
(d) Realism.

2. Who was James Loper in the painting, "James Loper", in 1952?
(a) Wyeth's boyhood friend.
(b) Wyeth's barber.
(c) Wyeth's protege.
(d) Wyeth's stepson.

3. The painting, "Lobster Traps" was completed when Wyeth was what age?
(a) 56.
(b) 20.
(c) 45.
(d) 30.

4. What did the author say about getting to know Andrew Wyeth?
(a) He never actually met him in person.
(b) He never really got comfortable with him.
(c) They got along famously from the start.
(d) It took him a long time to get to know him as a person.

5. Wyeth completed the "Lobster Traps" painting in what was called his _______________ period.
(a) Purple bruise.
(b) Blue sky.
(c) Yellow sol.
(d) Temperamental.

Short Answer Questions

1. The danger in Wyeth's style of painting was that _____________________.

2. In the painting, "James Loper," Loper holds a horse harness belt and a _______________.

3. Wyeth's reasons for starting a painting could be called _______________.

4. What is the name of the 1950 painting of a grave digger?

5. What did Wyeth think that the item in "Toll Rope" represented?

(see the answer key)

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