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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What about Gertrude impressed Alice?
(a) Worldliness
(b) Her voice
(c) Her short stories
(d) Height

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

4. To what author does Alice offer assistance?
(a) Henry James
(b) Ernest Hemingway
(c) Gertrude Stein
(d) Ezra Pound

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alice had no desire to __________________.

3. Alice's relative raised a regiment for whom?

4. At what age did Alice develop a love of literature?

5. What nationality was Alice's father?

(see the answer key)

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