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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 the 1967 painting, "Post and Rail"?
(a) Willard Snowden.
(b) Adam Stoughton.
(c) Karl Kuerner.
(d) Tom Clark.

2. "Cider Barrel" from 1969 depicted a big barrel of cider from whose farm?
(a) Tom Clark's.
(b) Phil Gunney's.
(c) Walter Anderson's.
(d) Karl Kuerner's.

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

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

5. What did Wyeth hope to capture in the 1968 painting, "Alvaro and Christina"?
(a) A lifelong friendship.
(b) A divorce.
(c) The Olsons' environment.
(d) A true love story.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Winter Bees" in 1959 is a painting of a ________________.

2. What childhood item hangs from the tree along with the chains used in pig slaughtering in "Rope and Chains" in 1956?

3. What structure was shown in "Storm at Sea"?

4. Who can barely be seen in the painting, "Geraniums'?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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