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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What activity did Matisse perform every afternoon?
(a) walking the family's dogs
(b) drinking wine by the Lake
(c) taking a nap in the sun
(d) sketching in the nude

3. What item was not taken by Stein when visiting a military area?
(a) bank deposit slip
(b) passport
(c) French matriculation papers
(d) driver's license

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

5. According to Stein Germans lack what ability?
(a) organization
(b) laughter
(c) intelligent thought
(d) common sense

6. What is the English translation of "Nullement en danger ne t'inquiete pas?"
(a) She suffers in quiet danger
(b) That there is no danger, don't worry
(c) It is the quiet ones that are dangerous
(d) There is a danger of running out of tuna fish

7. According to Stein, only Americans and Spaniards can understand what concept?
(a) Impressionism
(b) Surrealism
(c) tesselations
(d) abstraction

8. What was the name of Stein's first publisher?
(a) Alfred Whitehead
(b) David Starr Jordan
(c) Alfred Steglitz
(d) John Lane

9. Gertrude had no talent for what art form?
(a) drawing
(b) dancing
(c) music
(d) singing

10. Gertrude won an award for describing what object?
(a) the family cat
(b) sunset
(c) a dinner plate
(d) sequoias

11. Why was Gertrude going to travel to London in the summer?
(a) to begin a book tour
(b) to get away from Paris
(c) to visit John Lane
(d) for the Queen's coronation

12. The Steins moved again when Gertrude was three-years-old. To what city did they transfer?
(a) Amsterdam
(b) Venice
(c) Paris
(d) Lucerne

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

14. What was John Lane's favorite food in Provence?
(a) foie gras
(b) figs
(c) escargot
(d) peaches

15. Who taught Gertrude Stein, how to drive?
(a) William Cook
(b) Alice B. Toklas
(c) Mrs. Penfold
(d) John Lane

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Lane?

2. To whom does Alice refer to as the third genius?

3. What was the main problem with publishing "The Making of Americans?"

4. It was in 1914 the Picasso began to choose what kind of paint?

5. What kind of alarms were commonplace during this time?

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