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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When it came to writing, what was Stein's passion?
(a) sentences
(b) descriptions
(c) verbs
(d) superlatives

3. While in medical school, Gertrude was well-known for...
(a) original scientific work
(b) cutting class
(c) being disrespectful to professors
(d) excelling in anatomy

4. Gertrude Stein's brother had a fondness for what type of art?
(a) Impressionist
(b) Egyptian
(c) Japanese
(d) Renaissance

5. What is difficult for Alice to find?
(a) Mentor
(b) Sheet music
(c) Husband
(d) Temperate climate

Short Answer Questions

1. For what animal did Gertrude have a fondness?

2. What writer did Stein refer to as "the greatest of the Victorians?"

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

4. What was Alice's mother's name?

5. Which house guest was objected to by Helene?

(see the answer key)

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