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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 is the person doing in the painting, "Distant Thunder"?
(a) Canning peaches.
(b) Dancing in the rain.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Opening an umbrella.

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

3. "The Finn" from 1969 was a portrait of George Erikson whose daughter, ______________, Wyeth wanted to paint nude.
(a) Siri.
(b) Sara.
(c) Suri.
(d) Sami.

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

5. How did Wyeth feel about "Raccoon" painted in 1958?
(a) He thought it was really bad.
(b) He loved it.
(c) He thought it was not his finest moment.
(d) He was not sure he liked it.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Whose house was featured in "Brown Swiss" in 1957?

5. Which U.S. President had "Roasted Chestnuts" hanging in the White House for awhile?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower have Wyeth's painting, "Roasted Chestnuts" hanging in the White House for awhile?

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

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