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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Wyeth find the items for "Before Picking"?
(a) His father's orchard.
(b) A commercial orchard.
(c) His backyard.
(d) His cornfield.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does "Spring Beauty" signify for Wyeth's work?
(a) He began to use watercolors.
(b) He incorporated people into his paintings.
(c) He worked on the same vista in each season.
(d) He moves closer to realism.

10. Who did it seem Wyeth was painting for many times?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) Himself.
(d) His father.

11. 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.

12. The painting, "Lobster Traps" was completed when Wyeth was what age?
(a) 30.
(b) 56.
(c) 20.
(d) 45.

13. "Trodden Weed" in 1951 is a portrait of whose shoes?
(a) Wade's.
(b) Wyeth's.
(c) Abe's.
(d) Betsy's.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wyeth's emotions were revealed in a dispassionate, _____________ manner from his subjects.

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

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

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

5. What did Wyeth think that the item in "Toll Rope" represented?

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