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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is featured in the painting, "Hay Ledge"?
(a) Milk cans.
(b) Chickens.
(c) A lobster boat.
(d) Harnesses.

3. In "Teel's Island" what was Henry Teel hauling up on a bank?
(a) Fish cooler.
(b) Lobster traps.
(c) A punt.
(d) Fishing nets.

4. Where were the milk cans in "Milk Cans" located?
(a) A farm auction.
(b) Wyeth's barn.
(c) Bruener's Dairy.
(d) Adam's farm.

5. Which U.S. President had "Roasted Chestnuts" hanging in the White House for awhile?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Truman.
(d) Nixon.

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

7. What did Wyeth do with the 1967 painting, "Room After Room", featuring Christina Olson.
(a) He gave it to Christina.
(b) He and his wife kept it.
(c) He donated it to the Smithsonian.
(d) He burned it.

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

9. What did Wyeth hope to capture in the 1968 painting, "Alvaro and Christina"?
(a) A true love story.
(b) A lifelong friendship.
(c) The Olsons' environment.
(d) A divorce.

10. "Half Bushel" is a painting of a half-full bushel of __________________.
(a) Peaches.
(b) Pears.
(c) Apples.
(d) Potatoes.

11. "Incoming Sea", painted in 1966, featured ___________ after the tide turns.
(a) The sky.
(b) A lighthouse.
(c) A dory.
(d) A seagull.

12. What was significant about the 1969 painting, "End of Olsons"?
(a) It was the end of Wyeth's contemporary series.
(b) It was the last painting Wyeth did of the Olson house.
(c) It was the last painting before Wyeth ended his friendship with the Olsons.
(d) It was the end of Wyeth's blue period.

13. What was the subject in "The Trophy" in 1963?
(a) Raspberries.
(b) A blue ribbon.
(c) Milk cans.
(d) Moose horns.

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

15. "Blue Box" in 1956 is a watercolor painting that depicts the inside of _________________.
(a) A school.
(b) A diner.
(c) A barn.
(d) A church.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tom and His Daughter" in 1959 how was Tom portrayed?

2. Which of the following is NOT true about the subject in "Gunning Rocks"?

3. Wyeth considered which painting to be one of the best watercolors he ever did?

4. Why was Wyeth drawn in by Johnny Lynch, the subject for "Buzzard's Glory" in 1969?

5. In "Wood Stove" painted in 1962, Wyeth depicted a house fragile on the outside but _______________________.

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