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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The door in "Blue Door" in 1952 is at whose home?
(a) Wyeth's.
(b) Christina Olson's.
(c) Waino Mattson's.
(d) Gabe McKinney's.

2. Wyeth found pencil drawing to be very ________________.
(a) Rudimentary.
(b) Pedantic.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Limiting.

3. "Before Picking" was a painting of ________________.
(a) Raspberries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Corn.
(d) Peaches.

4. Which of the following did NOT describe an Andrew Wyeth painting?
(a) Impressionistic.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Dreamlike.
(d) Free.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The danger in Wyeth's style of painting was that _____________________.

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

3. Who did it seem Wyeth was painting for many times?

4. What is the name of the 1950 painting of a grave digger?

5. "Road Cut" shows a road running through a valley in ___________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Wyeth use light in his paintings?

2. What was atypical for Wyeth's source of inspiration for the 1953 painting, "Cooling Shed"?

3. Who was James Loper and what is the scene in which he appears in "James Loper" painted in 1952?

4. What was significant about Wyeth's painting, "Christmas Morning"?

5. Why was "Pennsylvania Landscape" so exciting for Wyeth?

6. What does Thomas Hoving say is the common denominator for Wyeth the man and Wyeth the artist?

7. What personal association did Wyeth have with the subject matter in "The Sexton"?

8. Why was subject matter most important to Wyeth?

9. How did Wyeth unite the paintings "Before Picking" and "After Picking"?

10. What period was Wyeth in when he painted "Lobster Traps" in 1939?

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