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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) Religion.
(b) Excess.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Death.

2. In "Tom and His Daughter" in 1959 how was Tom portrayed?
(a) Playing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Dignified.
(d) Mourning.

3. What did Wyeth note about the painting, "Milk Cans"?
(a) Sometimes pictures just happen.
(b) You shouldn't cry over spilled milk.
(c) You couldn't tell is the cans were empty or full.
(d) He put a design on the cans that wasn't really there.

4. Wyeth's style eschewed _____________.
(a) Technique.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Realism.

5. How did the painting, "Buzzard's Glory" get its name?
(a) It was a nickname of the boy in the painting.
(b) It was created in an area called Buzzard's Glory.
(c) It was an homage to dead animals.
(d) It was a joke the boy in the painting told him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The grave digger in the painting in #44 lived in which state?

2. "Slight Breeze", painted in 1968, featured an item that was reminiscent of ____________________.

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

4. Wyeth's emotions were revealed in a dispassionate, _____________ manner from his subjects.

5. For how long had Wyeth been painting at the time this book was written?

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