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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Alice refer to her mother?
(a) Boisterous
(b) Lonely
(c) Quiet
(d) Shy

3. Which was not a passion for Fernande?
(a) furs
(b) hats
(c) music
(d) perfume

4. Who did Alice meet during her travels?
(a) Charlie Chaplin
(b) Gertrude Stein
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. What was Alice's mother's name?
(a) Emilie
(b) Ava
(c) Edna
(d) Edwina

6. Where was Alice B. Toklas born?
(a) Paris
(b) New York
(c) San Francisco
(d) San Antonio

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

8. What military position did Alice's great-great-uncle hold?
(a) Sergeant
(b) General
(c) Captain
(d) Colonel

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

10. Gertrude had a large number of photographs depicting what historical event?
(a) Washington crossing the Delaware
(b) San Francisco fire
(c) Signing of the Declaration Of Independence
(d) Civil War

11. Alice's relative raised a regiment for whom?
(a) Napoleon
(b) Mussolini
(c) Hannibal
(d) Hitler

12. What is the English translation of "un coup de foudre?"
(a) Love at first sight
(b) A political arrest
(c) A collection of paintings
(d) Civil unrest

13. What lessons did Alice want to receive?
(a) cooking
(b) painting
(c) French
(d) writing

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

15. What was the name of the large exposition building?
(a) Grand Palais
(b) Versailles
(c) Musée de l'Orangerie
(d) Bastille

Short Answer Questions

1. What present did Stein give to Picasso?

2. To what author does Alice offer assistance?

3. What event caused Alice to lapse with her music?

4. Duret commented to an artist that there are two kinds of art. There is art, and then there is ___________________.

5. What was the name of the street where the Steins had an apartment?

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