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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Stein's1,000-page book?
(a) Three Lives
(b) A Room of One's Own
(c) Catcher in the Rye
(d) The Making of Americans

2. According to Matisse, Gertrude's world was a ________________.
(a) Stage
(b) Tragedy
(c) Joke
(d) Theater

3. How does Alice know if she has met a genius?
(a) Her nose itches
(b) Her heart stops for a beat
(c) Her toes tingle
(d) She hears a bell ring

4. How old was Picasso when he painted the portrait of Gertrude Stein?
(a) 26
(b) 19
(c) 35
(d) 24

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

6. What was Alice's great passion?
(a) Music
(b) Flying
(c) Tapestry
(d) Archery

7. What area of Paris is popular with artists?
(a) Place de la Concord
(b) Montmartre
(c) Latin Quarter
(d) Tuilleries

8. Gertrude Stein's brother discovered what unknown artist at Sagot's gallery?
(a) Monday
(b) Cézanne
(c) Picasso
(d) Whistler

9. Stein had a weakness for what types of objects?
(a) green
(b) sturdy
(c) breakable
(d) metal

10. The brother of what famous dancer rented an atelier in the rue de Fleurus?
(a) Gypsy Lee Rose
(b) Twyla Tharp
(c) Isadora Duncan
(d) Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

12. At what age did Alice stop practicing her music?
(a) 16
(b) 23
(c) 18
(d) 20

13. What nationality was Picasso?
(a) Portuguese
(b) Spanish
(c) French
(d) Flemish

14. Of what comic was Picasso fond?
(a) Katzenjammer Kids
(b) Alley Oop
(c) Marmaduke
(d) Andy Capp

15. Cézanne's portrait of a woman inspired what Gertrude Stein work?
(a) Three Lives
(b) An Awkward Age
(c) A Room of One's Own
(d) Ada

Short Answer Questions

1. Picasso painted a famous scene with friends gathered around what object?

2. What nationality was Alice's father?

3. What was the name of one of the top two large spring salons?

4. What incident changed Alice's life?

5. Where was Alice B. Toklas born?

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