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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What artist did Stein refer to as the Leonardo da Vinci of the movement?
(a) Jacob
(b) Renoir
(c) Picabia
(d) Ronnebeck

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

3. For what animal did Gertrude have a fondness?
(a) pigs
(b) weasels
(c) goats
(d) giraffes

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

5. How did Alfy describe Paris after the battle of the Marne?
(a) like a blink in time
(b) like pale absinthe
(c) like a colicky child
(d) like an angry tornado

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

7. What was the Stein's opinion of Dickens?
(a) she thought he was frightening
(b) she thought he was without talent
(c) she thought he was brilliant
(d) she thought he was overrated

8. Where did the Whitehead lived before moving to London?
(a) Cambridge
(b) San Francisco
(c) Vienna
(d) Pittsburgh

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

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

11. Stein claims to dislike the things that are...
(a) simple
(b) dramatic
(c) orange
(d) abnormal

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gertrude Stein family is described in what book?

2. Where did Matisse buy a house?

3. What year did Gertrude's brother move away from Paris?

4. What was the name of Stein's first publisher?

5. Why was Gertrude going to travel to London in the summer?

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