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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paintings 71-124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the cooling shed in the painting, "Cooling Shed," remind Wyeth of?
(a) His childhood.
(b) A trip to Europe.
(c) The early settlers.
(d) His grandfather.

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

3. What structure was shown in "Storm at Sea"?
(a) A lighthouse.
(b) A house.
(c) A barn.
(d) A church.

4. The author said that Wyeth was no _________________.
(a) Role model.
(b) Sycophant.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Teacher.

5. What appears in the 1988 painting, "Cistern"?
(a) A Quaker meeting house.
(b) A broken water pipe.
(c) A frozen pond.
(d) Sunflowers in a field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnny Lynch doing in the 1971 painting, "Ice Storm"?

2. Which of the following is NOT represented in the 1960 painting, "Pleasant Point"?

3. What was Anna Kuerner doing in the 1986 painting, "Cornflowers"?

4. In many ways, Wyeth's paintings were like _________________.

5. What was the impetus for Wyeth's painting "Pentecost" in 1989?

(see the answer key)

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