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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 excited Wyeth about the 1986 painting, "Flood Plain"?
(a) A snow squall.
(b) A blue wagon cover next to car tracks.
(c) A red tractor in a cornfield.
(d) A flock of geese overhead.

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

3. "Pennsylvania Landscape", painted in 1942, was Wyeth's attempt to show ______________________.
(a) All of Pennsylvania in one picture.
(b) The ravages of winter.
(c) Boys at play.
(d) Bucolic country life.

4. What was the name of Wyeth's sister whom he painted in "My Sister" in 1967?
(a) Celine.
(b) Carolyn.
(c) Sissie.
(d) Amanda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Swinger" from 1969 showed Jimmy Lynch on the porch of a house with what debonair article of clothing?

2. Who was the subject in "Gunning Rocks" painted in 1966?

3. What was Johnny Lynch's demeanor in "Ice Storm" which seemed to sum up Pennsylvania for Wyeth?

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

5. Where did Andrew Wyeth grow up?

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