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

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

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

4. Wyeth's style eschewed _____________.
(a) Technique.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Realism.
(d) Freedom.

5. The grave digger in the painting in #44 lived in which state?
(a) Maine.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What united both Wyeth the man and Wyeth the artist?

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

3. When did the idea for painting "Trodden Weed" occur to Wyeth?

4. Wyeth completed the "Lobster Traps" painting in what was called his _______________ period.

5. "Before Picking" was a painting of ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was James Loper and what is the scene in which he appears in "James Loper" painted in 1952?

2. How long does Thomas Hoving say it took him to get to know Andrew Wyeth as an artist?

3. What is the inherent danger when deep emotional and personal associations are used in artistic creations?

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

5. How did Wyeth unite the paintings "Before Picking" and "After Picking"?

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

7. Why was "Pennsylvania Landscape" so exciting for Wyeth?

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

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

10. How did Wyeth use light in his paintings?

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