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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paintings 71-124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the large whale rib represent in "Whale Rib"?
(a) Animal cruelty.
(b) The depth of the sea.
(c) Pursuit.
(d) Death.

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

3. Who was the subject of Wyeth's 1981 portrait called "Battleground"?
(a) George Heebner.
(b) George Simmons.
(c) George Eriksen.
(d) George Wainscott.

4. What role did the man in "Battleground" play in Wyeth's life?
(a) He was Wyeth's neighbor in Chadds Ford.
(b) He took care of Wyeth's Chadds Ford home.
(c) He was Wyeth's brother-in-law.
(d) He was a Chadds Ford farrier.

5. Why did Wyeth have to postpone the sittings with his subject in the 1981 painting, "Thin as Vanity"?
(a) She lost interest.
(b) She went on a sabbatical.
(c) She had epileptic fits.
(d) She had a quarrel with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Cider Barrel" from 1969 depicted a big barrel of cider from whose farm?

2. What did the cooling shed in the painting, "Cooling Shed," remind Wyeth of?

3. What does "Spring Beauty" signify for Wyeth's work?

4. Wyeth's emotions were revealed in a dispassionate, _____________ manner from his subjects.

5. The whole scene in "Flour Mill" looked like __________________.

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