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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Wyeth's reasons for starting a painting could be called _______________.
(a) Bizarre.
(b) Clever.
(c) Indulgent.
(d) Manic.

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

5. What did Wyeth think was not necessary to add to a scene?
(a) Personality.
(b) Strength.
(c) Realism.
(d) Life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. "Hoffman's Slough" in 1947 rose from an idea after seeing _________________ in Maine.
(a) Lobsters.
(b) A swamp.
(c) A lighthouse.
(d) A fishing boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author say about getting to know Andrew Wyeth?

2. How old was Wyeth when he completed the painting in 1933?

3. Who is the author of ANDREW WYETH: AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

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

5. Which of the following did NOT describe an Andrew Wyeth painting?

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