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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alice's father said, "if you must do a thing do it _____________."
(a) Intellectually
(b) Graciously
(c) Thoroughly
(d) Consciously

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

3. What was the name of the picture dealer in Paris that handled Cézanne's work?
(a) Duret
(b) Laffitte
(c) Loeser
(d) Vollard

4. Alice's grandmother was very fond of __________________.
(a) Music
(b) The ocean
(c) Sunsets
(d) Travel

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

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

7. What was Picasso's first name?
(a) Pieter
(b) Fernando
(c) Claude
(d) Pablo

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

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

10. 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

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

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

13. What item did Picasso withhold from his wife?
(a) comics
(b) money
(c) jewelry
(d) freedom

14. At what time of day did Gertrude Stein typically begin to work?
(a) 4:00 a.m.
(b) 11:00 p.m.
(c) 12:00 p.m.
(d) 2:00 p.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the former occupation of gallery owner, Sagot?

2. Where had the relatives been living?

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

4. What present did Stein give to Picasso?

5. How old was Matisse when he received the first large offer from the spring salon?

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