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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who used the Peavey tool shown in the 1965 painting, "The Peavey"?
(a) Veterinarians.
(b) Shepherds.
(c) Butchers.
(d) Woodsmen.

2. In "Dam Breast" painted in 1970, Wyeth was drawn in by a _______________________.
(a) A horse and buggy.
(b) A rolling hill.
(c) A a leaden sky.
(d) A plume of water froth mixed with ice.

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

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

5. For how long had Wyeth been painting at the time this book was written?
(a) 62 years.
(b) 33 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 50 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Wyeth's message in "Weatherside"?

2. Years after the painting of 1933 was completed, Wyeth sold it to buy __________________.

3. Who was Wyeth's subject in "Distant Thunder" in 1961?

4. Where did Wyeth find the items for "Before Picking"?

5. "The Finn" from 1969 was a portrait of George Erikson whose daughter, ______________, Wyeth wanted to paint nude.

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