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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. Wyeth considered which painting to be one of the best watercolors he ever did?
(a) Cranberries.
(b) Fog.
(c) The Mill.
(d) Black Velvet.

2. What was the name of the last portrait Wyeth painted of Christina Olson?
(a) Finis Christina.
(b) Adieu Christina.
(c) Anna Christina.
(d) Goodbye, Christina.

3. 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 end of Wyeth's blue period.
(d) It was the last painting before Wyeth ended his friendship with the Olsons.

4. What childhood item hangs from the tree along with the chains used in pig slaughtering in "Rope and Chains" in 1956?
(a) Jump rope.
(b) Bells.
(c) Doll.
(d) Ribbons.

5. At whose home was the item located in "The Trophy"?
(a) Christina Olson.
(b) Sam Knox.
(c) Karl Kuerner.
(d) Adam Shade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the milk cans in "Milk Cans" located?

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

3. What was the subject of "Marsh Hawk" in 1964?

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

5. What did Siri Erikson represent for Wyeth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. How did "The Trophy" show some of Karl Kuerner's hidden nature?

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

6. What awkward encounter occurred prior to Wyeth's painting George Erikson in "The Finn" in 1969?

7. What did the punt in "Teel's Island" represent for Wyeth?

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

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

10. Why did a woman named Phyllis immediately but the painting, "Slight Breeze" when she saw it?

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