Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Thomas Hoving
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Thomas Hoving
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wyeth's style eschewed _____________.
(a) Empathy.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Realism.
(d) Technique.

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

3. How old was Wyeth when he completed the painting in 1933?
(a) 78.
(b) 16.
(c) 47.
(d) 21.

4. Who was Wyeth's wife?
(a) Betty.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Sara.
(d) Doris.

5. What was usually hidden in Wyeth's paintings?
(a) Emotional and personal associations.
(b) Animals and people.
(c) Any type of impressionism.
(d) The painter's humor.

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

7. Wyeth's emotions were revealed in a dispassionate, _____________ manner from his subjects.
(a) Logical.
(b) Detached.
(c) Analytical.
(d) Engaged.

8. Where did Wyeth find the items for "Before Picking"?
(a) His cornfield.
(b) A commercial orchard.
(c) His backyard.
(d) His father's orchard.

9. In the painting, "James Loper," Loper holds a horse harness belt and a _______________.
(a) Shovel.
(b) Blanket.
(c) Lantern.
(d) Scythe.

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

11. "Christmas Morning" in 1944 was Wyeth's first painting that concerned ________________.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Excess.
(c) Religion.
(d) Death.

12. What did Wyeth think was not necessary to add to a scene?
(a) Life.
(b) Realism.
(c) Personality.
(d) Strength.

13. What was most important to Wyeth as an artist?
(a) Subject matter.
(b) Light.
(c) Energy.
(d) Time.

14. Who was the grave digger in the painting?
(a) Walter Morgan.
(b) Wade Masterson.
(c) Waino Mattson.
(d) William Myers.

15. Where did Andrew Wyeth grow up?
(a) Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
(b) Princeton, New Jersey.
(c) Bennington, Vermont.
(d) Portland, Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wyeth's reasons for starting a painting could be called _______________.

2. When did the idea for painting "Trodden Weed" occur to Wyeth?

3. The author said that Wyeth was no _________________.

4. How much did Wyeth receive for the painting in 1933?

5. In 1933, Wyeth painted "Spring Landscape at _________________".

(see the answer keys)

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