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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. What was Willard Snowden doing in the 1964 painting, "Woodchopper"?
(a) Eating lunch.
(b) Resting under a tree.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Reading a book.

2. Why was Wyeth drawn in by Johnny Lynch, the subject for "Buzzard's Glory" in 1969?
(a) His jet-black hair.
(b) His shy smile.
(c) His large hands.
(d) His bowed legs.

3. Who was Wyeth's subject in "Distant Thunder" in 1961?
(a) Christina.
(b) Abe.
(c) Betsy.
(d) Helga.

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

5. "Blue Box" in 1956 is a watercolor painting that depicts the inside of _________________.
(a) A diner.
(b) A church.
(c) A barn.
(d) A school.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Half Bushel" is a painting of a half-full bushel of __________________.

2. What was particularly hard for Wyeth to capture in "Snow Flurries"?

3. What was the subject in "The Trophy" in 1963?

4. What was significant about the 1969 painting, "End of Olsons"?

5. What was the subject of "Marsh Hawk" in 1964?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did a woman named Phyllis immediately but the painting, "Slight Breeze" when she saw it?

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

3. How did Wyeth create "Weatherside" about the Olson house and what did the house represent for Wyeth?

4. Why did Wyeth stop painting pumpkins after he created "Pumpkins" in 1968?

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

6. What is the secret behind the painting, "Cider Barrel"?

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

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

9. Why did U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower have Wyeth's painting, "Roasted Chestnuts" hanging in the White House for awhile?

10. What drew Wyeth in to paint "Buzzard's Glory" but why was he repulsed to the location?

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