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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The German ship, Fangturm, sold what items to the Mediterranean ports?
(a) guns and ammo
(b) coffee and tea
(c) socks and shoes
(d) pins and needles

2. Fernande refers to Picasso as...
(a) a precocious child
(b) an undiscovered genius
(c) a dirty old man
(d) an intellectual wit

3. Who refused to believe that there was going to be a war?
(a) Americans in Europe
(b) Hungarians in Paris
(c) Picasso
(d) Stein

4. Where did Gertrude often spend the summer months?
(a) Europe
(b) San Francisco
(c) house in the country
(d) the ocean

5. What was the occupation of the couple's military godson?
(a) butcher
(b) pilot
(c) mechanic
(d) teacher

6. Stein and Toklas decided to settle down temporarily, in what location?
(a) Prague
(b) Manchester
(c) Firenze
(d) Palma de Majorca

7. Where did the Steins go when they returned to America?
(a) Rhode Island
(b) Texas
(c) New York
(d) Boston

8. Which of these items was not a feature at the Matisse house?
(a) statues
(b) greenhouse
(c) fountains
(d) flowers

9. In what city did the couple have difficulties getting their passports approved?
(a) Madrid
(b) Budapest
(c) Moscow
(d) Berlin

10. What kept Stein from practicing medicine?
(a) she never received her degree
(b) her father died
(c) she decided to pursue psychology
(d) the war began

11. Alice describes her Saturday evenings in Paris to what object?
(a) volcano
(b) Kaleidoscope
(c) roller coaster
(d) single malt Scotch

12. What was the name of Picasso's second wife?
(a) Fernande
(b) Eloise
(c) Eve
(d) Marie

13. What maneuver in driving was difficult for Gertrude?
(a) parallel parking
(b) backing up
(c) three-point turn
(d) driving in snow

14. Who was the first person to quote Gertrude Stein's work to her?
(a) Roche
(b) Ronnebeck
(c) Uhde
(d) Manolo

15. What kind of alarms were commonplace during this time?
(a) curfew
(b) atomic bomb
(c) fire drill
(d) Zeppelin

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Alice referred to as being "a tormented and not particularly sympathetic character"?

2. While in medical school, Gertrude was well-known for...

3. What was the name of the college Gertrude first attended?

4. According to Stein Germans lack what ability?

5. What was the name of Stein's and Toklas' mallorcan hound

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