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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the author say about how Wyeth felt about his art?
(a) He thought it as passable.
(b) He struggled with it.
(c) He reveled in it.
(d) He hated it.

3. "Road Cut" shows a road running through a valley in ___________________________.
(a) Milledgeville, Georgia.
(b) Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
(c) Kennebunkport, Maine.
(d) Lake City, Tennessee.

4. Where was the place in "Toll Rope" located?
(a) Grissom's Creek, Maine.
(b) Watson's Bluff, Maine.
(c) Wehrly's Corner, Pennsylvania.
(d) Wylie's Corner, Maine.

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

6. Where did Andrew Wyeth grow up?
(a) Princeton, New Jersey.
(b) Bennington, Vermont.
(c) Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
(d) Portland, Maine.

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

8. "Toll Rope" in 1951 shows the inside of a _______________.
(a) Church.
(b) Museum.
(c) School room.
(d) Bar.

9. Wyeth's emotions were revealed in a dispassionate, _____________ manner from his subjects.
(a) Engaged.
(b) Detached.
(c) Logical.
(d) Analytical.

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

11. "Hoffman's Slough" in 1947 rose from an idea after seeing _________________ in Maine.
(a) Lobsters.
(b) A fishing boat.
(c) A lighthouse.
(d) A swamp.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wyeth often do with his paintings?

2. What did Wyeth do while painting "Blackberry Branch" in 1943?

3. Who was Wyeth's wife?

4. "Before Picking" was a painting of ________________.

5. How much did Wyeth receive for the painting in 1933?

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