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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Stein family settle on the West Coast?
(a) Salt Lake City
(b) Seattle
(c) Reno
(d) Oakland

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

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

4. Which is not one of Gertrude's favorite saints?
(a) St. Francis
(b) St. Theresa
(c) St. Christopher
(d) St. Ignatius Loyola

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

6. Who did Alice referred to as being "a tormented and not particularly sympathetic character"?
(a) Alfred Whitehead
(b) Victor Hugo
(c) Erik Satie
(d) Juan Gris

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

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

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

10. Who was the guest of honor at Fernande's banquet?
(a) Uhde
(b) Rousseau
(c) Ronnebeck
(d) Renoir

11. In what year did Alice go to Paris?
(a) 1909
(b) 1912
(c) 1903
(d) 1907

12. Stein claims that Cubism is a concept that can be attributed to...
(a) Frenchman
(b) Danes
(c) Portuguese
(d) Spaniards

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the Whitehead lived before moving to London?

3. What was the occupation of the couple's military godson?

4. According to Stein, what kind of country is Germany?

5. How did Stein and Toklas have to confirm their identity when picking up the money?

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