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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paintings 21-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Christmas Morning" in 1944 was Wyeth's first painting that concerned ________________.
(a) Excess.
(b) Death.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Religion.

2. Where was the place in "Toll Rope" located?
(a) Wylie's Corner, Maine.
(b) Watson's Bluff, Maine.
(c) Grissom's Creek, Maine.
(d) Wehrly's Corner, Pennsylvania.

3. How long did it take the author to get to know Andrew Wyeth as an artist?
(a) Longer than it took to know him as a person.
(b) He loved his work from the moment he saw it.
(c) He never did get to know him as an artist.
(d) He is still trying to understand him as an artist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author said that Wyeth was no _________________.

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

3. What inspired Wyeth to paint "Snow Flurries" in 1953?

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

5. "Onions" in 1955 is a painting of Bermuda onions __________________.

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