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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the painting, "Buzzard's Glory" get its name?

4. How long did Wyeth work on "Snow Flurries" in 1953?

5. What was particularly hard for Wyeth to capture in "Snow Flurries"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is said that a writer writes what he knows and an artist creates what he knows. What does this statement mean? Did Wyeth create what he knew? Give three examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Andrew Wyeth. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were some of his negative characteristics? What were his hopes and fears? What were his primary motivations during his life?

Essay Topic 3

Andrew Wyeth was not always happy with the work he created. Name two examples of paintings that were not Wyeth's favorites and explain why he might have been disappointed with them.

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