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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the sculptor working on a figure of Gertrude Stein's nephew?
(a) Roche
(b) Michelangelo Buonartti
(c) Vollard
(d) Kathleen Bruce

2. Gertrude had a large number of photographs depicting what historical event?
(a) Signing of the Declaration Of Independence
(b) San Francisco fire
(c) Civil War
(d) Washington crossing the Delaware

3. Who painted a portrait of Gertrude Stein?
(a) Cézanne
(b) Picasso
(c) Matisse
(d) Monet

4. Some people thought Picasso resembled which famous American?
(a) Aaron Burr
(b) George Washington
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Ulysses S. Grant

5. At what age did Alice stop practicing her music?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 23
(d) 16

6. What was the name of one of the top two large spring salons?
(a) Champ-de-Mars
(b) Musee de Montmartre
(c) Place de la Concord
(d) Tuilleries

7. With whom did Alice live?
(a) Father and brother
(b) Aunt and Uncle
(c) Two sisters
(d) Roommates

8. Who would supply the lessons to Alice?
(a) Fernande
(b) Gertrude
(c) Henri
(d) Apollinaire

9. Picasso painted a famous scene with friends gathered around what object?
(a) coffin
(b) flowerpot
(c) toilet
(d) angel

10. Alice's father said, "if you must do a thing do it _____________."
(a) Intellectually
(b) Consciously
(c) Thoroughly
(d) Graciously

11. Which artist is not mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) Botticelli
(b) Seurat
(c) Matisse
(d) Rousseau

12. What did Mrs. Stein bring to California?
(a) Matisse paintings
(b) Fine silk
(c) China
(d) Coffee

13. Duret commented to an artist that there are two kinds of art. There is art, and then there is ___________________.
(a) official art
(b) commercial art
(c) Cubist art
(d) pointless art

14. What was Alice's great passion?
(a) Archery
(b) Tapestry
(c) Music
(d) Flying

15. What is a chronic problem in Paris?
(a) crime
(b) prostitution
(c) unemployment
(d) homelessness

Short Answer Questions

1. What military position did Alice's great-great-uncle hold?

2. What was the former occupation of gallery owner, Sagot?

3. What event caused Alice to lapse with her music?

4. How old was Matisse when he received the first large offer from the spring salon?

5. What was the name of the Stein's housekeeper?

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