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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 Wyeth's subject in "Distant Thunder" in 1961?
(a) Helga.
(b) Christina.
(c) Abe.
(d) Betsy.

2. Who was Wyeth's subject in the 1967 painting, "Post and Rail"?
(a) Karl Kuerner.
(b) Tom Clark.
(c) Willard Snowden.
(d) Adam Stoughton.

3. What was particularly hard for Wyeth to capture in "Snow Flurries"?
(a) Shadows of clouds.
(b) Barren land.
(c) Color of the sky.
(d) Swirling snow.

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

5. How long did Wyeth work on "Snow Flurries" in 1953?
(a) Almost a year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state was the scene in "Marsh Hawk" located?

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

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

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

5. The subject in "Spring Fed" from 1967 looks like water trickling on a/an __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so essentially representative of Maine about the painting, "Incoming Sea"?

2. Why did Wyeth stop painting pumpkins after he created "Pumpkins" in 1968?

3. What was the subject matter of "Half Bushel" and what was Wyeth trying to represent with it?

4. How did Wyeth create "Weatherside" about the Olson house and what did the house represent for Wyeth?

5. What tone did Wyeth paint into "The Swinger" depicting Jimmy Lynch?

6. What was Wyeth's challenge in creating "Snow Flurries" in 1953?

7. What drew Wyeth in to paint "Buzzard's Glory" but why was he repulsed to the location?

8. Why was Wyeth so taken by the sight of the leaves floating away in "Floating Leaves"?

9. What was Wyeth's father's concerns about Wyeth's "Edge of the Field" and what did a critic tell Wyeth's father about his son's work?

10. Why did Wyeth and Betsy keep the painting, "Room After Room" for themselves?

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