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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paintings 21-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wyeth do with the 1967 painting, "Room After Room", featuring Christina Olson.
(a) He burned it.
(b) He donated it to the Smithsonian.
(c) He and his wife kept it.
(d) He gave it to Christina.

2. What inspired Wyeth to paint "Snow Flurries" in 1953?
(a) Christmas holidays.
(b) Depression.
(c) A flock of crows.
(d) Birth of his son.

3. What did Wyeth think that the item in "Toll Rope" represented?
(a) New England as a whole.
(b) Religious conviction.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Hope.

4. Who did Wyeth know who was buried in the cemetery where the grave digger was doing his work?
(a) His mother-in-law.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His son.

5. "Half Bushel" is a painting of a half-full bushel of __________________.
(a) Apples.
(b) Pears.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state was the scene in "Marsh Hawk" located?

2. When did Wyeth cultivate his independence?

3. Who used the Peavey tool shown in the 1965 painting, "The Peavey"?

4. "Slight Breeze", painted in 1968, featured an item that was reminiscent of ____________________.

5. What did the cooling shed in the painting, "Cooling Shed," remind Wyeth of?

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