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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Stein's first European residence?
(a) Florence
(b) Vienna
(c) Paris
(d) Prague

2. What trait did Stein profess to have?
(a) ambition
(b) cowardice
(c) fortitude
(d) inertia

3. What year did Gertrude's brother move away from Paris?
(a) 1909
(b) 1914
(c) 1906
(d) 1912

4. What was the main problem with publishing "The Making of Americans?"
(a) timeliness
(b) required editing
(c) subject matter
(d) length

5. What European city did Stein take a disliking to upon her first visit?
(a) Provence
(b) Munich
(c) Milan
(d) London

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

7. How did Stein and Toklas have to confirm their identity when picking up the money?
(a) by taking a polygraph test
(b) by being weighed and measured
(c) by submitting passports
(d) by producing letters of recommendation

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

9. To whom does Alice refer to as the third genius?
(a) Ronnebeck
(b) William Cook
(c) Magritte Matisse
(d) Alfred Whitehead

10. Gertrude Stein family is described in what book?
(a) Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
(b) The Making of Americans
(c) The Doppelgänger
(d) Ada

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

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

13. What publication published Gertrude's paper?
(a) New York Times
(b) Journal of Medicine
(c) Harvard Psychological Review
(d) Christian Science Monitor

14. Where did the Steins move when they left Paris?
(a) Florence
(b) Budapest
(c) Boston
(d) Moscow

15. What kind of vehicle was being sent to Stein and Toklas?
(a) Alfa Romeo
(b) Edsel
(c) Ford truck
(d) Peugeot

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the Stein family settle on the West Coast?

3. Gertrude won an award for describing what object?

4. Who refused to believe that there was going to be a war?

5. What was the name of Picasso's second wife?

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