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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 never did get to know him as an artist.
(c) He loved his work from the moment he saw it.
(d) He is still trying to understand him as an artist.

2. Which of the following is NOT represented in the 1960 painting, "Pleasant Point"?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Delicacy.
(c) Peace.
(d) Anxiety.

3. Who is the author of ANDREW WYETH: AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
(a) Thomas Henry.
(b) Thomas Hoving.
(c) Thomas Harrison.
(d) Thomas Moore.

4. "Toll Rope" in 1951 shows the inside of a _______________.
(a) Bar.
(b) School room.
(c) Church.
(d) Museum.

5. The author said that Wyeth was no _________________.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Sycophant.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Role model.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wyeth think that light in a painting could do?

2. Which U.S. President had "Roasted Chestnuts" hanging in the White House for awhile?

3. What did Wyeth note about the painting, "Milk Cans"?

4. Wyeth considered which painting to be one of the best watercolors he ever did?

5. Who was the subject of the painting, "Garret Room" in 1962?

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