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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. Which was not a passion for Fernande?
(a) furs
(b) perfume
(c) hats
(d) music

2. The Matisse apartment had a beautiful view of what Paris landmark?
(a) The Arc de Triomphe
(b) Notre Dame
(c) Ile de la Cité
(d) The Louvre

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

4. What event caused Alice to lapse with her music?
(a) College
(b) Her mother's death
(c) San Francisco fire
(d) Earthquake

5. Who did Alice meet during her travels?
(a) Charlie Chaplin
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Gertrude Stein

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the inspiration for La Femme un Chapeau?

2. Stein had a weakness for what types of objects?

3. What was the name of the book that Gertrude Stein was having privately printed in 1907?

4. At what age did Alice stop practicing her music?

5. At what age did Alice develop a love of literature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gertrude Stein's brother's theory about the masking of unemployment in Paris?

2. The author claims that Alice's father came from Polish patriotic stock. What in Alice's history causes the author to make such a statement?

3. How did Stein respond when Mrs. Bishop asked the writer to prompt the French government to create a Pondichery?

4. What was the impetus to convince Alice to travel to Europe for the first time?

5. Why did William Cook's father refuse to believe there was war?

6. Although one of the reasons Mr. Stein took his children to Europe was to receive a European education, he changed his mind regarding language when the family moved to California. Why?

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

8. Why is it difficult for Alice to relate to her family's military service?

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

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

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