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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the subject of Wyeth's 1981 portrait called "Battleground"?
(a) George Heebner.
(b) George Eriksen.
(c) George Simmons.
(d) George Wainscott.

2. Why was "Bonfire" a difficult painting to create?
(a) He was ill at the time.
(b) He had lost his motivation to paint.
(c) Painting fire is very difficult.
(d) He was grieving at the time.

3. Dr. Margaret Handy's _____________ heritage is shown in "From the Capes"?
(a) Part-Indian.
(b) Greek.
(c) Black.
(d) Hispanic.

4. What Quaker item is shown in the 1975 painting, "The Quaker"?
(a) A chair.
(b) A bowl.
(c) A hat.
(d) A coat.

5. What did Wyeth think that the item in "Toll Rope" represented?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Religious conviction.
(c) New England as a whole.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject in "The Trophy" in 1963?

2. Wyeth found pencil drawing to be very ________________.

3. In "Tom and His Daughter" in 1959 how was Tom portrayed?

4. The whole scene in "Flour Mill" looked like __________________.

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

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