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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Margaret Handy's _____________ heritage is shown in "From the Capes"?
(a) Part-Indian.
(b) Black.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Greek.

2. What excited Wyeth about the 1986 painting, "Flood Plain"?
(a) A red tractor in a cornfield.
(b) A flock of geese overhead.
(c) A snow squall.
(d) A blue wagon cover next to car tracks.

3. What was illuminated in the 1988 painting, "Last Light"?
(a) A fireplace fire.
(b) A lantern.
(c) Street lamps.
(d) A Christmas tree.

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

5. What was the setting for the 1993 painting, "Whale Rib"?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Spring Beauty" signify for Wyeth's work?

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

3. Wyeth's emotions were revealed in a dispassionate, _____________ manner from his subjects.

4. What did Wyeth think was not necessary to add to a scene?

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

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