Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Thomas Hoving
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Thomas Hoving
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Wyeth completed the "Lobster Traps" painting in what was called his _______________ period.
(a) Temperamental.
(b) Blue sky.
(c) Purple bruise.
(d) Yellow sol.

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

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

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

6. Who did Wyeth know who was buried in the cemetery where the grave digger was doing his work?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother-in-law.

7. Years after the painting of 1933 was completed, Wyeth sold it to buy __________________.
(a) A studio.
(b) A house.
(c) Airline tickets.
(d) A tractor.

8. Which of the following is NOT included with the descriptions of the paintings in this book?
(a) A brief description.
(b) The year.
(c) The price.
(d) The title.

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

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

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

12. When did Wyeth cultivate his independence?
(a) At an early age.
(b) In his mid-40s.
(c) Not until his later life.
(d) About the age of 21.

13. "Christmas Morning" in 1944 was Wyeth's first painting that concerned ________________.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Death.
(c) Religion.
(d) Excess.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Toll Rope" in 1951 shows the inside of a _______________.

3. Who was Christina Olson?

4. Wyeth was both free and ____________________.

5. The danger in Wyeth's style of painting was that _____________________.

(see the answer keys)

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