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

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

3. What united both Wyeth the man and Wyeth the artist?
(a) His compassion.
(b) His genius.
(c) His independence.
(d) His technique.

4. What did Wyeth think about "Winter Corn" in 1948?
(a) It was his son's suggestion.
(b) It was his best painting of corn.
(c) It came to him in a dream.
(d) It was almost too depressing to complete.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wyeth completed the "Lobster Traps" painting in what was called his _______________ period.

2. In 1933, Wyeth painted "Spring Landscape at _________________".

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

4. What did Wyeth often do with his paintings?

5. Which of the following is NOT included with the descriptions of the paintings in this book?

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