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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 Wyeth's subject in the 1967 painting, "Post and Rail"?
(a) Adam Stoughton.
(b) Tom Clark.
(c) Karl Kuerner.
(d) Willard Snowden.

2. Why was Wyeth's father worried about Wyeth's future?
(a) He concentrated too much on nudes.
(b) He was too arrogant.
(c) His paintings were so bleak.
(d) He did not have much discipline.

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

4. Why did Wyeth have to postpone the sittings with his subject in the 1981 painting, "Thin as Vanity"?
(a) She went on a sabbatical.
(b) She had epileptic fits.
(c) She lost interest.
(d) She had a quarrel with him.

5. What was Anna Kuerner staring at in the 1975 painting, "Easter Sunday"?
(a) The sky.
(b) A flock of geese.
(c) Guests arriving.
(d) It is not known.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Finn" from 1969 was a portrait of George Erikson whose daughter, ______________, Wyeth wanted to paint nude.

2. What was the name of Wyeth's dog in the painting called "The Ides of March"?

3. What did Betsy Wyeth hang from a pine tree for the 1983 painting, "Rack at Kuerners"?

4. Who is the subject of the 1979 painting, "Night Sleeper"?

5. What did the cooling shed in the painting, "Cooling Shed," remind Wyeth of?

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