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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. "Before Picking" was a painting of ________________.
(a) Apples.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Corn.
(d) Raspberries.

4. Wyeth's reasons for starting a painting could be called _______________.
(a) Indulgent.
(b) Manic.
(c) Clever.
(d) Bizarre.

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

6. What did the author say about getting to know Andrew Wyeth?
(a) It took him a long time to get to know him as a person.
(b) They got along famously from the start.
(c) He never really got comfortable with him.
(d) He never actually met him in person.

7. What was usually hidden in Wyeth's paintings?
(a) Any type of impressionism.
(b) Emotional and personal associations.
(c) The painter's humor.
(d) Animals and people.

8. "Road Cut" shows a road running through a valley in ___________________________.
(a) Lake City, Tennessee.
(b) Kennebunkport, Maine.
(c) Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
(d) Milledgeville, Georgia.

9. What piece of furniture is featured in "Front Room" in 1946?
(a) A table.
(b) A credenza.
(c) A sofa.
(d) A chair.

10. "Hoffman's Slough" in 1947 rose from an idea after seeing _________________ in Maine.
(a) A swamp.
(b) Lobsters.
(c) A lighthouse.
(d) A fishing boat.

11. The grave digger in the painting in #44 lived in which state?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Maine.

12. The author said that Wyeth was no _________________.
(a) Sycophant.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Role model.

13. Which painting follows "Before Picking" in 1942?
(a) After Picking.
(b) Ripe Rewards.
(c) The Harvest.
(d) Autumnal Bliss.

14. What did Wyeth think that light in a painting could do?
(a) Change the face of a portrait.
(b) Ruin it.
(c) Make a picture more saleable.
(d) Shape the meaning of a picture.

15. In 1933, Wyeth painted "Spring Landscape at _________________".
(a) Kuerners.
(b) Kerwins.
(c) Koerners.
(d) Kerrigans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wyeth do while painting "Blackberry Branch" in 1943?

2. Which of the following did NOT describe an Andrew Wyeth painting?

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

4. Who was Wyeth's wife?

5. What did Wyeth enjoy in "Toll Rope"?

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