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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 the confectioner who made honey cakes and nut candies?
(a) Fouquet
(b) Parisian Chocolat
(c) Nestlé
(d) Ravignan

2. Duret commented to an artist that there are two kinds of art. There is art, and then there is ___________________.
(a) pointless art
(b) commercial art
(c) Cubist art
(d) official art

3. With whom did Alice live?
(a) Roommates
(b) Two sisters
(c) Father and brother
(d) Aunt and Uncle

4. What was the cost of the Matisse painting of the woman and the dog?
(a) 1000 francs
(b) 500 francs
(c) 250 francs
(d) 100 francs

5. Where had the relatives been living?
(a) Amsterdam
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) Berlin

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Stein's housekeeper?

2. Who painted a portrait of Gertrude Stein?

3. What is difficult for Alice to find?

4. To what author does Alice offer assistance?

5. At what time of day did Gertrude Stein typically begin to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was referred to as "un petit Luxembourg?"

2. Why was Hemingway in Europe initially?

3. What newspapers did Stein regularly read and why?

4. Why did Alice neglect to pursue education or a career while in San Francisco?

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

6. What was Alice's living arrangement after the untimely death of her mother?

7. What caused Alice to throw herself into literature after having spent so much time studying music?

8. Why was Gertrude grateful to have failed to receive her degree from Johns Hopkins?

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

10. Describe Gertrude Stein's afternoon ritual.

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