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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following did NOT describe an Andrew Wyeth painting?
(a) Impressionistic.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Dreamlike.
(d) Free.

3. Who did it seem Wyeth was painting for many times?
(a) Himself.
(b) His father.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

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

5. What was most important to Wyeth as an artist?
(a) Subject matter.
(b) Energy.
(c) Time.
(d) Light.

6. In the painting, "James Loper," Loper holds a horse harness belt and a _______________.
(a) Blanket.
(b) Shovel.
(c) Lantern.
(d) Scythe.

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

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

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

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

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

12. How much did Wyeth receive for the painting in 1933?
(a) $3,000.
(b) $1,500.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $12,000,

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

14. The painting, "Lobster Traps" was completed when Wyeth was what age?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 56.
(d) 45.

15. For how long had Wyeth been painting at the time this book was written?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 33 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 62 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1951 Wyeth had an eight-hour operation on his _______________.

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

3. In 1933, Wyeth painted "Spring Landscape at _________________".

4. Wyeth's reasons for starting a painting could be called _______________.

5. Where did Andrew Wyeth grow up?

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