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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) Waino Mattson's.
(b) Wyeth's.
(c) Gabe McKinney's.
(d) Christina Olson's.

2. When did Wyeth cultivate his independence?
(a) In his mid-40s.
(b) At an early age.
(c) Not until his later life.
(d) About the age of 21.

3. How long did it take the author to get to know Andrew Wyeth as an artist?
(a) He is still trying to understand him as an artist.
(b) He loved his work from the moment he saw it.
(c) Longer than it took to know him as a person.
(d) He never did get to know him as an artist.

4. "Road Cut" shows a road running through a valley in ___________________________.
(a) Kennebunkport, Maine.
(b) Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
(c) Lake City, Tennessee.
(d) Milledgeville, Georgia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Andrew Wyeth grow up?

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

4. What did Wyeth think that the item in "Toll Rope" represented?

5. Wyeth completed the "Lobster Traps" painting in what was called his _______________ period.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Could Wyeth's style be narrowed down to any one technique?

3. What was the subject matter of the 1940 painting, "Road Cut" and how did his future wife Betsy react to it?

4. How long does Thomas Hoving say it took him to get to know Andrew Wyeth as an artist?

5. How does Hoving describe Wyeth's work in terms of its romantic qualities?

6. How did Wyeth use light in his paintings?

7. What did Wyeth see as representing all of New England in his painting, "Toll Rope"?

8. What is the inherent danger when deep emotional and personal associations are used in artistic creations?

9. According to Thomas Hoving, how does Wyeth show that he struggled uncomfortably with his art?

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

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