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

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

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

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

5. Where did Andrew Wyeth grow up?
(a) Portland, Maine.
(b) Princeton, New Jersey.
(c) Bennington, Vermont.
(d) Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wyeth was both free and ____________________.

2. Wyeth found pencil drawing to be very ________________.

3. Who was Christina Olson?

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

5. When did the idea for painting "Trodden Weed" occur to Wyeth?

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