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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following did NOT describe an Andrew Wyeth painting?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Free.
(c) Impressionistic.
(d) Dreamlike.

4. The door in "Blue Door" in 1952 is at whose home?
(a) Christina Olson's.
(b) Wyeth's.
(c) Gabe McKinney's.
(d) Waino Mattson's.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What did Wyeth enjoy in "Toll Rope"?
(a) The lobster pots.
(b) The worn boots.
(c) The clean glasses.
(d) The belfry.

14. When did the idea for painting "Trodden Weed" occur to Wyeth?
(a) During a walk around Chadds Ford.
(b) After apple picking.
(c) During the Fall harvest.
(d) During a dream.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the grave digger in the painting?

2. Wyeth's reasons for starting a painting could be called _______________.

3. What did Wyeth think was not necessary to add to a scene?

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

5. In 1933, Wyeth painted "Spring Landscape at _________________".

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