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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old was Matisse when he received the first large offer from the spring salon?
(a) 31
(b) 35
(c) 42
(d) 27

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

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

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

7. Who was the inspiration for La Femme un Chapeau?
(a) Alice B. Toklas
(b) Fernande Picasso
(c) Amelie Matisse
(d) Gertrude Stein

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

9. Where had the relatives been living?
(a) Amsterdam
(b) Paris
(c) London
(d) Berlin

10. What activity did Stein partake in every afternoon?
(a) walking around Paris
(b) drinking tea with friends
(c) playing with the dog
(d) writing poetry

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

12. What was the name of the street where the Steins had an apartment?
(a) Rue de Fleurus
(b) Rue de Rivoli
(c) Avenue Champagne
(d) Champs Elysee

13. Who would supply the lessons to Alice?
(a) Apollinaire
(b) Henri
(c) Gertrude
(d) Fernande

14. What was the name of one of the top two large spring salons?
(a) Tuilleries
(b) Place de la Concord
(c) Musee de Montmartre
(d) Champ-de-Mars

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was not a passion for Fernande?

2. What is difficult for Alice to find?

3. What famous school did Gertrude Stein attend?

4. What present did Stein give to Picasso?

5. What was Alice's mother's name?

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