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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 street on which the Picassos lived?
(a) rue Ravignan
(b) rue de Fleurus
(c) avenue Foch
(d) rue d'Avron

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

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

4. Who painted a portrait of Gertrude Stein?
(a) Picasso
(b) Cézanne
(c) Monet
(d) Matisse

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

6. What was the name of the Stein's housekeeper?
(a) Helene
(b) Fernande
(c) Lily
(d) Sabrina

7. According to Matisse, Gertrude's world was a ________________.
(a) Joke
(b) Stage
(c) Tragedy
(d) Theater

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

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

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

11. What incident changed Alice's life?
(a) She almost drowned
(b) World War I
(c) Earthquake
(d) Arrival of Gertrude's brother

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

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

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

15. Which house guest was objected to by Helene?
(a) Matisse
(b) Picasso
(c) Cézanne
(d) Alice

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Matisse's first large composition?

2. When it came to writing, what was Stein's passion?

3. What was the name of one of the top two large spring salons?

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

5. One of the paintings by Matisse that Stein loved was titled, "La Femme au Chapeau." What is the English translation of "chapeau?"

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