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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wyeth find the items for "Before Picking"?
(a) His father's orchard.
(b) His backyard.
(c) His cornfield.
(d) A commercial orchard.

2. In many ways, Wyeth's paintings were like _________________.
(a) Billboards.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Stories.
(d) Fables.

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

4. What does "Spring Beauty" signify for Wyeth's work?
(a) He incorporated people into his paintings.
(b) He moves closer to realism.
(c) He worked on the same vista in each season.
(d) He began to use watercolors.

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

6. Who is the author of ANDREW WYETH: AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
(a) Thomas Harrison.
(b) Thomas Hoving.
(c) Thomas Henry.
(d) Thomas Moore.

7. The danger in Wyeth's style of painting was that _____________________.
(a) It embarrassed his family.
(b) He never made much money.
(c) He was harassed by critics.
(d) He was easily misunderstood.

8. How old was Wyeth when he completed the painting in 1933?
(a) 47.
(b) 16.
(c) 78.
(d) 21.

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

10. The door in "Blue Door" in 1952 is at whose home?
(a) Wyeth's.
(b) Gabe McKinney's.
(c) Waino Mattson's.
(d) Christina Olson's.

11. Which of the following did NOT describe an Andrew Wyeth painting?
(a) Dreamlike.
(b) Impressionistic.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Free.

12. Who was the grave digger in the painting?
(a) William Myers.
(b) Wade Masterson.
(c) Walter Morgan.
(d) Waino Mattson.

13. What united both Wyeth the man and Wyeth the artist?
(a) His independence.
(b) His technique.
(c) His genius.
(d) His compassion.

14. The grave digger in the painting in #44 lived in which state?
(a) New York.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Maine.

15. Wyeth was both free and ____________________.
(a) Stingy.
(b) Disciplined.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Gifted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author say about how Wyeth felt about his art?

3. When did the idea for painting "Trodden Weed" occur to Wyeth?

4. In 1951 Wyeth had an eight-hour operation on his _______________.

5. Years after the painting of 1933 was completed, Wyeth sold it to buy __________________.

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