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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Paintings 1-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Years after the painting of 1933 was completed, Wyeth sold it to buy __________________.
(a) A tractor.
(b) A studio.
(c) Airline tickets.
(d) A house.

2. Which painting follows "Before Picking" in 1942?
(a) Ripe Rewards.
(b) The Harvest.
(c) Autumnal Bliss.
(d) After Picking.

3. What did Wyeth think that light in a painting could do?
(a) Shape the meaning of a picture.
(b) Make a picture more saleable.
(c) Change the face of a portrait.
(d) Ruin it.

4. "Pennsylvania Landscape", painted in 1942, was Wyeth's attempt to show ______________________.
(a) Boys at play.
(b) All of Pennsylvania in one picture.
(c) The ravages of winter.
(d) Bucolic country life.

5. What did Wyeth often do with his paintings?
(a) He covered walls with them.
(b) He hid them.
(c) He burned them.
(d) He smashed them over chairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of furniture is featured in "Front Room" in 1946?

2. Wyeth increasingly experimented with and re-conceptualized _________________.

3. Which of the following is NOT included with the descriptions of the paintings in this book?

4. The grave digger in the painting in #44 lived in which state?

5. Where did Wyeth find the items for "Before Picking"?

(see the answer key)

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