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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Willard Snowden doing in the 1964 painting, "Woodchopper"?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Eating lunch.
(d) Resting under a tree.

2. What was the name of the last portrait Wyeth painted of Christina Olson?
(a) Anna Christina.
(b) Finis Christina.
(c) Goodbye, Christina.
(d) Adieu Christina.

3. Who was the subject of the painting, "Garret Room" in 1962?
(a) Tom Clark.
(b) Christina Olson.
(c) Karl Kuerner.
(d) Betsy Wyeth.

4. What inspired Wyeth to paint "Snow Flurries" in 1953?
(a) A flock of crows.
(b) Christmas holidays.
(c) Depression.
(d) Birth of his son.

5. What structure was featured in the 1965 painting, "Weatherside"?
(a) A boat dock.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A library.
(d) The Olson house.

6. The subject in "Spring Fed" from 1967 looks like water trickling on a/an __________________.
(a) Sarcophagus.
(b) Altar.
(c) Road.
(d) Log.

7. What kind of dog was Nellie in "Groundhog Day" painted in 1958?
(a) Poodle.
(b) Collie.
(c) German Shepherd.
(d) Jack Russell Terrier.

8. Whose house was featured in "Brown Swiss" in 1957?
(a) The Wyeths.
(b) The Segers.
(c) The Kuerners.
(d) The Portmans.

9. "Winter Bees" in 1959 is a painting of a ________________.
(a) Honey on a biscuit.
(b) A jar of honey.
(c) Bee stinging a child.
(d) Honeycomb.

10. What structure was shown in "Storm at Sea"?
(a) A lighthouse.
(b) A barn.
(c) A house.
(d) A church.

11. How did the painting, "Buzzard's Glory" get its name?
(a) It was an homage to dead animals.
(b) It was a joke the boy in the painting told him.
(c) It was a nickname of the boy in the painting.
(d) It was created in an area called Buzzard's Glory.

12. "Onions" in 1955 is a painting of Bermuda onions __________________.
(a) In a basket.
(b) In a barn.
(c) On a cutting block.
(d) In a field.

13. Who was the subject in "Gunning Rocks" painted in 1966?
(a) Will Adams.
(b) Wade Amherst.
(c) Wren Abernathy.
(d) Walter Anderson.

14. Who was the subject of the painting, "Roasted Chestnuts"?
(a) Evan Paulson.
(b) Allen Messersmith.
(c) Sam Delgado.
(d) Abe Maino.

15. How did Wyeth feel about "Raccoon" painted in 1958?
(a) He loved it.
(b) He thought it was not his finest moment.
(c) He thought it was really bad.
(d) He was not sure he liked it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Teel's Island" what was Henry Teel hauling up on a bank?

2. At whose home was the item located in "The Trophy"?

3. The 1967 painting "The Sweep" featured ______________________.

4. Who was Wyeth's subject in the 1967 painting, "Post and Rail"?

5. What was notable about the subject in "Garret Room"?

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