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

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

3. 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

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

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

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

7. Where did Alice choose as a travel destination?
(a) Paris
(b) Argentina
(c) Hawaii
(d) China

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

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

10. Which artist is not mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) Botticelli
(b) Matisse
(c) Rousseau
(d) Seurat

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

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

13. Duret commented to an artist that there are two kinds of art. There is art, and then there is ___________________.
(a) pointless art
(b) official art
(c) Cubist art
(d) commercial art

14. What event preceded the fire?
(a) Tsunami
(b) Hailstorm
(c) Earthquake
(d) Tornado

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was Alice's father?

2. What was Alice's great passion?

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

4. Gertrude had a large number of photographs depicting what historical event?

5. What was the name of the Stein's housekeeper?

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