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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 in "Gunning Rocks" painted in 1966?
(a) Wade Amherst.
(b) Will Adams.
(c) Wren Abernathy.
(d) Walter Anderson.

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

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

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

5. Wyeth's style eschewed _____________.
(a) Technique.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Realism.
(d) Empathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was "Bonfire" a difficult painting to create?

2. What is the name of the 1950 painting of a grave digger?

3. What item in "Spruce Gun" did Wyeth buy at an auction?

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

5. "Toll Rope" in 1951 shows the inside of a _______________.

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