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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paintings 71-124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was especially remarkable about the woman in "Chambered Nautilus"?
(a) She walked with a limp.
(b) She always had 20-20 vision.
(c) She never had a grey hair on her head.
(d) She earned a college degree at the age of 65.

2. Who was Wyeth's subject in the 1956 painting "Chambered Nautilus"?
(a) Wyeth's wife.
(b) Wyeth's sister.
(c) Wyeth's mother-in-law.
(d) Wyeth's mother.

3. Which of the following is NOT included with the descriptions of the paintings in this book?
(a) The year.
(b) The price.
(c) The title.
(d) A brief description.

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

5. Wyeth increasingly experimented with and re-conceptualized _________________.
(a) The use of oils.
(b) His use of light.
(c) Pencil sketches.
(d) Portraits.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author said that Wyeth was no _________________.

2. "Christmas Morning" in 1944 was Wyeth's first painting that concerned ________________.

3. In "Floating Leaves" painted in 1958, Wyeth thought that the floating and disappearance was both exciting and _________.

4. What did Wyeth enjoy in "Toll Rope"?

5. How old was Anna Kuerner in the 1986 painting, "Cornflowers"?

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