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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Wyeth know who was buried in the cemetery where the grave digger was doing his work?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother-in-law.
(c) His father.
(d) His son.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was most important to Wyeth as an artist?

3. "Trodden Weed" in 1951 is a portrait of whose shoes?

4. Where did Andrew Wyeth grow up?

5. What did the cooling shed in the painting, "Cooling Shed," remind Wyeth of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hoving describe Wyeth's work in terms of its romantic qualities?

2. Why was subject matter most important to Wyeth?

3. What was atypical for Wyeth's source of inspiration for the 1953 painting, "Cooling Shed"?

4. What did Wyeth see as representing all of New England in his painting, "Toll Rope"?

5. What does Thomas Hoving say is the common denominator for Wyeth the man and Wyeth the artist?

6. According to Thomas Hoving, how does Wyeth show that he struggled uncomfortably with his art?

7. What was the significance of "Trodden Weed" and why was the painting so emotional for Wyeth?

8. Why was "Spring Landscape at Kuerners" important in Wyeth's young life?

9. What was significant about Wyeth's painting, "Christmas Morning"?

10. What was the subject matter of the 1940 painting, "Road Cut" and how did his future wife Betsy react to it?

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