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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. In "Tom and His Daughter" in 1959 how was Tom portrayed?
(a) Playing.
(b) Mourning.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Dignified.

2. What inspired Wyeth to paint "Snow Flurries" in 1953?
(a) Depression.
(b) A flock of crows.
(c) Birth of his son.
(d) Christmas holidays.

3. Who was depicted in "Wood Stove"?
(a) Christina.
(b) Betsy.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sara.

4. At whose home was the item located in "The Trophy"?
(a) Sam Knox.
(b) Karl Kuerner.
(c) Christina Olson.
(d) Adam Shade.

5. What was particularly hard for Wyeth to capture in "Snow Flurries"?
(a) Swirling snow.
(b) Shadows of clouds.
(c) Color of the sky.
(d) Barren land.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which U.S. President had "Roasted Chestnuts" hanging in the White House for awhile?

2. Who used the Peavey tool shown in the 1965 painting, "The Peavey"?

3. Whose house was featured in "Brown Swiss" in 1957?

4. What was Wyeth's message in "Weatherside"?

5. Which of the following is NOT true about the subject in "Gunning Rocks"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Wyeth's challenge in creating "Snow Flurries" in 1953?

2. What was significant about the time that Wyeth began to paint Siri Erikson in "Siri" in 1970?

3. What is it about Wyeth's "Rope and Chains" that juxtaposes innocence and brutality?

4. Why was "Geraniums" one of the most important of the Christina Olson series of paintings?

5. What is so essentially representative of Maine about the painting, "Incoming Sea"?

6. Why was Wyeth so taken by the sight of the leaves floating away in "Floating Leaves"?

7. What awkward encounter occurred prior to Wyeth's painting George Erikson in "The Finn" in 1969?

8. Why did Wyeth and Betsy keep the painting, "Room After Room" for themselves?

9. What was the subject matter of "Half Bushel" and what was Wyeth trying to represent with it?

10. How did "The Trophy" show some of Karl Kuerner's hidden nature?

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