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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some people thought Picasso resembled which famous American?
(a) Aaron Burr
(b) Ulysses S. Grant
(c) George Washington
(d) Abraham Lincoln

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

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

4. What artist was a friend of the photographer, Duret?
(a) Alfy Maurer
(b) Max Jacob
(c) James Whistler
(d) Henri Matisse

5. Where was Gertrude's brother living when he learned about Cézanne?
(a) Baltimore
(b) London
(c) Florence
(d) Paris

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

7. What was the name of the sculptor working on a figure of Gertrude Stein's nephew?
(a) Vollard
(b) Michelangelo Buonartti
(c) Kathleen Bruce
(d) Roche

8. Which of these things is not among Alice's hobbies?
(a) Houses
(b) Archery
(c) Needlework
(d) Gardening

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

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

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

12. What was the name of Alice's favorite book?
(a) Ada in Geography
(b) The Awkward Age
(c) Wuthering Heights
(d) Mansfield Park

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the inspiration for La Femme un Chapeau?

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

3. Where had the relatives been living?

4. What activity did Stein partake in every afternoon?

5. With whom did Alice live?

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