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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 was usually hidden in Wyeth's paintings?
(a) Emotional and personal associations.
(b) The painter's humor.
(c) Animals and people.
(d) Any type of impressionism.

2. Wyeth's reasons for starting a painting could be called _______________.
(a) Bizarre.
(b) Manic.
(c) Indulgent.
(d) Clever.

3. What did the cooling shed in the painting, "Cooling Shed," remind Wyeth of?
(a) A trip to Europe.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) The early settlers.
(d) His childhood.

4. In the painting, "James Loper," Loper holds a horse harness belt and a _______________.
(a) Shovel.
(b) Scythe.
(c) Blanket.
(d) Lantern.

5. Who did Wyeth know who was buried in the cemetery where the grave digger was doing his work?
(a) His wife.
(b) His father.
(c) His son.
(d) His mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Spring Beauty" signify for Wyeth's work?

3. The door in "Blue Door" in 1952 is at whose home?

4. What did the author say about how Wyeth felt about his art?

5. What did Wyeth think that the item in "Toll Rope" represented?

(see the answer key)

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