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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 the item in "Toll Rope" represented?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Hope.
(c) New England as a whole.
(d) Religious conviction.

2. How much did Wyeth receive for the painting in 1933?
(a) $3,000.
(b) $12,000,
(c) $50,000.
(d) $1,500.

3. What did Wyeth think was not necessary to add to a scene?
(a) Strength.
(b) Realism.
(c) Personality.
(d) Life.

4. In many ways, Wyeth's paintings were like _________________.
(a) Fables.
(b) Billboards.
(c) Stories.
(d) Dreams.

5. Who did it seem Wyeth was painting for many times?
(a) Himself.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wyeth was both free and ____________________.

2. What did the cooling shed in the painting, "Cooling Shed," remind Wyeth of?

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

4. "Pennsylvania Landscape", painted in 1942, was Wyeth's attempt to show ______________________.

5. Who did Wyeth know who was buried in the cemetery where the grave digger was doing his work?

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