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

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

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

4. In 1933, Wyeth painted "Spring Landscape at _________________".
(a) Koerners.
(b) Kerrigans.
(c) Kuerners.
(d) Kerwins.

5. When did the idea for painting "Trodden Weed" occur to Wyeth?
(a) After apple picking.
(b) During a walk around Chadds Ford.
(c) During a dream.
(d) During the Fall harvest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1951 Wyeth had an eight-hour operation on his _______________.

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

3. How long did it take the author to get to know Andrew Wyeth as an artist?

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

5. For how long had Wyeth been painting at the time this book was written?

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