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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wyeth think about "Winter Corn" in 1948?
(a) It was his son's suggestion.
(b) It was almost too depressing to complete.
(c) It came to him in a dream.
(d) It was his best painting of corn.

2. What did Wyeth do while painting "Blackberry Branch" in 1943?
(a) Gave an interview to a reporter.
(b) Hosted a group of school children.
(c) Listened to opera on the radio.
(d) He ate every berry after he painted it.

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

4. Where did Andrew Wyeth grow up?
(a) Princeton, New Jersey.
(b) Portland, Maine.
(c) Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
(d) Bennington, Vermont.

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

6. Who was the grave digger in the painting?
(a) William Myers.
(b) Walter Morgan.
(c) Wade Masterson.
(d) Waino Mattson.

7. Who was James Loper in the painting, "James Loper", in 1952?
(a) Wyeth's barber.
(b) Wyeth's protege.
(c) Wyeth's boyhood friend.
(d) Wyeth's stepson.

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

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

10. What did Wyeth often do with his paintings?
(a) He hid them.
(b) He smashed them over chairs.
(c) He burned them.
(d) He covered walls with them.

11. Wyeth found pencil drawing to be very ________________.
(a) Rudimentary.
(b) Limiting.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Emotional.

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

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

14. Wyeth was both free and ____________________.
(a) Disciplined.
(b) Cruel.
(c) Stingy.
(d) Gifted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author say about how Wyeth felt about his art?

2. "Road Cut" shows a road running through a valley in ___________________________.

3. "Christmas Morning" in 1944 was Wyeth's first painting that concerned ________________.

4. What united both Wyeth the man and Wyeth the artist?

5. What was usually hidden in Wyeth's paintings?

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