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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Stein's1,000-page book?
(a) Three Lives
(b) A Room of One's Own
(c) The Making of Americans
(d) Catcher in the Rye

2. Some people thought Picasso resembled which famous American?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant
(b) George Washington
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Aaron Burr

3. Gertrude had a large number of photographs depicting what historical event?
(a) San Francisco fire
(b) Washington crossing the Delaware
(c) Signing of the Declaration Of Independence
(d) Civil War

4. What was the name of one of the top two large spring salons?
(a) Champ-de-Mars
(b) Tuilleries
(c) Musee de Montmartre
(d) Place de la Concord

5. What area of Paris is popular with artists?
(a) Place de la Concord
(b) Montmartre
(c) Tuilleries
(d) Latin Quarter

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Matisse's first large composition?

2. What author did Alice most admire?

3. What is the English translation of "un coup de foudre?"

4. One of the paintings by Matisse that Stein loved was titled, "La Femme au Chapeau." What is the English translation of "chapeau?"

5. What event caused Alice to lapse with her music?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Picasso described when he makes his first recorded visit to the Stein apartment?

2. What was one of the reasons Alice cannot understand Gertrude's insistence upon remaining connected to Allegheny, Pennsylvania?

3. How does Gertrude Stein discover the works of Cézanne?

4. What was the initial purpose for Stein and Toklas to go to London?

5. Among the people discussed with Fernande is Germaine Pichot. What is unusual about the wife of the Spanish painter?

6. Why does Gertrude Stein spend two years living in Baltimore?

7. What caused Alice's grandfather to leave Paris?

8. What caused the turbulent nature of the Picassos' relationship?

9. What is the difference of opinion in between the Germans and the Spaniards regarding bullfighting?

10. Why does Stern say Americans are like Spaniards?

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