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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wyeth stated that he was more interested in _______________ than people thought.
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Abstract shapes.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Portraits.

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

3. "Winter Bees" in 1959 is a painting of a ________________.
(a) Bee stinging a child.
(b) Honey on a biscuit.
(c) A jar of honey.
(d) Honeycomb.

4. Why was Helga Wyeth's most perfect model?
(a) She was a natural beauty.
(b) She was also a painter.
(c) She worked so hard at it.
(d) She was not self conscious.

5. Wyeth's emotions were revealed in a dispassionate, _____________ manner from his subjects.
(a) Engaged.
(b) Logical.
(c) Analytical.
(d) Detached.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Anna Kuerner doing in the 1986 painting, "Cornflowers"?

2. What was particularly hard for Wyeth to capture in "Snow Flurries"?

3. What was the subject of "Marsh Hawk" in 1964?

4. Wyeth completed the "Lobster Traps" painting in what was called his _______________ period.

5. What feeling did Wyeth have after painting "Bonfire" in 1993?

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