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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these things was not part of Gertrude's childhood memory in California?
(a) eucalyptus trees
(b) park rangers
(c) peaches
(d) animals

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the name of Picasso's oldest friend?
(a) Claude
(b) Manolo
(c) Pietro
(d) Braque

8. What was the name of the college Gertrude first attended?
(a) UCLA
(b) Vassar
(c) Radcliffe
(d) Oxford

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Steins go when they returned to America?

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

3. According to Stein, only Americans and Spaniards can understand what concept?

4. What maneuver in driving was difficult for Gertrude?

5. Where did Matisse buy a house?

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