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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What writer did Stein refer to as "the greatest of the Victorians?"
(a) Anthony Trollope
(b) Henry James
(c) Thomas Hardy
(d) Samuel Beckett

2. To whom did Stein give her first novel for review?
(a) Alice B. Toklas
(b) Lewis Bromfield
(c) Pablo Picasso
(d) Marguerite Matisse

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

4. What artist became famous by painting a portrait of Fernande?
(a) Picasso
(b) Matisse
(c) Max Jacob
(d) Van Dongen

5. Gertrude won an award for describing what object?
(a) a dinner plate
(b) sunset
(c) the family cat
(d) sequoias

Short Answer Questions

1. The German ship, Fangturm, sold what items to the Mediterranean ports?

2. Where was Stein's first European residence?

3. What is the English translation of "Nullement en danger ne t'inquiete pas?"

4. What was the name of the street where the Steins had an apartment?

5. Who did Alice referred to as being "a tormented and not particularly sympathetic character"?

(see the answer key)

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