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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. "Trodden Weed" in 1951 is a portrait of whose shoes?
(a) Abe's.
(b) Wade's.
(c) Betsy's.
(d) Wyeth's.

2. What did Wyeth think that light in a painting could do?
(a) Make a picture more saleable.
(b) Ruin it.
(c) Shape the meaning of a picture.
(d) Change the face of a portrait.

3. Who was Christina Olson?
(a) Wyeth's first wife.
(b) Wyeth's first grade teacher.
(c) Wyeth's sister-in-law.
(d) Wyeth's long-time subject.

4. What did the author say about getting to know Andrew Wyeth?
(a) He never really got comfortable with him.
(b) They got along famously from the start.
(c) He never actually met him in person.
(d) It took him a long time to get to know him as a person.

5. When did Wyeth cultivate his independence?
(a) At an early age.
(b) In his mid-40s.
(c) About the age of 21.
(d) Not until his later life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wyeth think about "Winter Corn" in 1948?

2. What was most important to Wyeth as an artist?

3. Who did it seem Wyeth was painting for many times?

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

5. The author said that Wyeth was no _________________.

(see the answer key)

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