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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event caused Alice to lapse with her music?
(a) Earthquake
(b) Her mother's death
(c) College
(d) San Francisco fire

2. What author did Alice most admire?
(a) Gertrude Stein
(b) Henry James
(c) Thomas Hardy
(d) T.S. Eliot

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose relatives returned to California?

2. Where had the relatives been living?

3. Alice's grandmother was very fond of __________________.

4. At what age did Alice stop practicing her music?

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

(see the answer key)

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