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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these people is not on Alice's list of geniuses?
(a) Clara Schumann
(b) Pablo Picasso
(c) Gertrude Stein
(d) Alfred Whitehead

2. Whose relatives returned to California?
(a) Napoleon's
(b) Mr. Toklas'
(c) Charlie Chaplin's
(d) Gertrude Stein's

3. What incident changed Alice's life?
(a) Earthquake
(b) She almost drowned
(c) World War I
(d) Arrival of Gertrude's brother

4. Who did Alice meet during her travels?
(a) Charlie Chaplin
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson
(d) Gertrude Stein

5. What nationality was Alice's father?
(a) Polish
(b) French
(c) Norwegian
(d) German

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Gertrude impressed Alice?

2. Where was Alice B. Toklas born?

3. Alice had no desire to __________________.

4. What is difficult for Alice to find?

5. Alice's father said, "if you must do a thing do it _____________."

(see the answer key)

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