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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wyeth's reasons for starting a painting could be called _______________.
(a) Indulgent.
(b) Clever.
(c) Bizarre.
(d) Manic.

2. What blew across a snowy countryside in the 1987 painting, "Sunday Times"?
(a) An advertising supplement.
(b) Fall leaves.
(c) A bundle of newspapers.
(d) A newsboy's cap.

3. In "Floating Leaves" painted in 1958, Wyeth thought that the floating and disappearance was both exciting and _________.
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Boring.
(d) Happy.

4. What was Siri's father doing in the painting, "Ericksons"?
(a) Painting a house.
(b) Sitting by a window.
(c) Milking a cow.
(d) Chopping wood.

5. Who was Christina Olson?
(a) Wyeth's sister-in-law.
(b) Wyeth's first wife.
(c) Wyeth's long-time subject.
(d) Wyeth's first grade teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Quaker item is shown in the 1975 painting, "The Quaker"?

2. "Hoffman's Slough" in 1947 rose from an idea after seeing _________________ in Maine.

3. Who did Wyeth know who was buried in the cemetery where the grave digger was doing his work?

4. Why did Wyeth have to postpone the sittings with his subject in the 1981 painting, "Thin as Vanity"?

5. What does the large whale rib represent in "Whale Rib"?

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