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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. The danger in Wyeth's style of painting was that _____________________.
(a) He was harassed by critics.
(b) It embarrassed his family.
(c) He never made much money.
(d) He was easily misunderstood.

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

8. What united both Wyeth the man and Wyeth the artist?
(a) His compassion.
(b) His technique.
(c) His independence.
(d) His genius.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Where was the place in "Toll Rope" located?
(a) Wehrly's Corner, Pennsylvania.
(b) Grissom's Creek, Maine.
(c) Wylie's Corner, Maine.
(d) Watson's Bluff, Maine.

15. Who was Wyeth's wife?
(a) Sara.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Betty.
(d) Doris.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the idea for painting "Trodden Weed" occur to Wyeth?

2. What is the name of the 1950 painting of a grave digger?

3. "Trodden Weed" in 1951 is a portrait of whose shoes?

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

5. "Before Picking" was a painting of ________________.

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