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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the street on which the Picassos lived?
(a) avenue Foch
(b) rue d'Avron
(c) rue de Fleurus
(d) rue Ravignan

3. What was the name of the heroine of the moment?
(a) Monique
(b) Claudette
(c) Evelyn
(d) Marie

4. The Matisse apartment had a beautiful view of what Paris landmark?
(a) The Arc de Triomphe
(b) Ile de la Cité
(c) Notre Dame
(d) The Louvre

5. What year did Alice's grandfather go to California?
(a) 1849
(b) 1901
(c) 1862
(d) 1929

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

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

8. Who was the inspiration for La Femme un Chapeau?
(a) Amelie Matisse
(b) Fernande Picasso
(c) Gertrude Stein
(d) Alice B. Toklas

9. Alice had no desire to __________________.
(a) Travel
(b) Play music
(c) Change
(d) Write

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

11. What famous school did Gertrude Stein attend?
(a) Columbia
(b) Sorbonne
(c) Oxford
(d) Johns Hopkins

12. What artist became famous by painting a portrait of Fernande?
(a) Matisse
(b) Picasso
(c) Max Jacob
(d) Van Dongen

13. What was the career choice of Matisse before he discovered painting?
(a) doctor
(b) pharmacist
(c) architect
(d) attorney

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item did Picasso withhold from his wife?

2. Who would supply the lessons to Alice?

3. What incident changed Alice's life?

4. Of what comic was Picasso fond?

5. What artist was a friend of the photographer, Duret?

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