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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1942, Wyeth painted "Winter Corn Field" which showcased his _____________________.
(a) Knowledge of cornfields and woods.
(b) Playful nature.
(c) Sense of compassion.
(d) Mastery of oils.

2. "Toll Rope" in 1951 shows the inside of a _______________.
(a) Museum.
(b) Church.
(c) School room.
(d) Bar.

3. What is the name of the 1950 painting of a grave digger?
(a) Grave Duty.
(b) The End.
(c) The Sexton.
(d) The Grave Digger.

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

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

6. How long did it take the author to get to know Andrew Wyeth as an artist?
(a) He is still trying to understand him as an artist.
(b) Longer than it took to know him as a person.
(c) He never did get to know him as an artist.
(d) He loved his work from the moment he saw it.

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

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

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

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

11. Who was Christina Olson?
(a) Wyeth's long-time subject.
(b) Wyeth's first grade teacher.
(c) Wyeth's first wife.
(d) Wyeth's sister-in-law.

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

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

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

15. In 1951 Wyeth had an eight-hour operation on his _______________.
(a) Lung.
(b) Leg.
(c) Heart.
(d) Brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hoffman's Slough" in 1947 rose from an idea after seeing _________________ in Maine.

2. The painting, "Lobster Traps" was completed when Wyeth was what age?

3. Wyeth increasingly experimented with and re-conceptualized _________________.

4. What did Wyeth think about "Winter Corn" in 1948?

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

(see the answer keys)

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