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

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

3. Why did Wyeth stop painting pumpkins after he painted "Pumpkins" in 1968?
(a) He realized how common they were.
(b) He was told they were part of devil worship.
(c) He didn't like the color orange.
(d) His wife asked him not to.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wyeth do with the 1967 painting, "Room After Room", featuring Christina Olson.

2. Who was the subject of the painting, "Garret Room" in 1962?

3. What was Willard Snowden doing in the 1964 painting, "Woodchopper"?

4. What is featured in the painting, "Hay Ledge"?

5. "Half Bushel" is a painting of a half-full bushel of __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it about Wyeth's "Rope and Chains" that juxtaposes innocence and brutality?

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

3. What is the secret behind the painting, "Cider Barrel"?

4. How did the painting, "Distant Thunder" evolve for Wyeth?

5. What was significant about the time that Wyeth began to paint Siri Erikson in "Siri" in 1970?

6. Why was "Geraniums" one of the most important of the Christina Olson series of paintings?

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

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

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

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