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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Paintings 1-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wyeth do while painting "Blackberry Branch" in 1943?
(a) Listened to opera on the radio.
(b) Hosted a group of school children.
(c) He ate every berry after he painted it.
(d) Gave an interview to a reporter.

2. What was usually hidden in Wyeth's paintings?
(a) The painter's humor.
(b) Animals and people.
(c) Any type of impressionism.
(d) Emotional and personal associations.

3. What did Wyeth often do with his paintings?
(a) He burned them.
(b) He hid them.
(c) He smashed them over chairs.
(d) He covered walls with them.

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

5. Who was Wyeth's wife?
(a) Sara.
(b) Doris.
(c) Betty.
(d) Maggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. The painting, "Lobster Traps" was completed when Wyeth was what age?

2. The danger in Wyeth's style of painting was that _____________________.

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

4. What united both Wyeth the man and Wyeth the artist?

5. Wyeth found pencil drawing to be very ________________.

(see the answer key)

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