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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. How old was Picasso when he painted the portrait of Gertrude Stein?
(a) 24
(b) 19
(c) 26
(d) 35
2. What famous school did Gertrude Stein attend?
(a) Oxford
(b) Johns Hopkins
(c) Columbia
(d) Sorbonne
3. Some people thought Picasso resembled which famous American?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant
(b) Aaron Burr
(c) George Washington
(d) Abraham Lincoln
4. What was the cost of the Matisse painting of the woman and the dog?
(a) 500 francs
(b) 1000 francs
(c) 100 francs
(d) 250 francs
5. What was Alice's mother's name?
(a) Emilie
(b) Edna
(c) Ava
(d) Edwina
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of Matisse's first large composition?
2. Alice's grandmother was very fond of __________________.
3. At what age did Alice stop practicing her music?
4. What military position did Alice's great-great-uncle hold?
5. What was the price of Alice's lessons?
Short Essay Questions
1. What piece of literature inspired Stein to write Toklas' autobiography?
2. Why was Mildred Aldrich pleased by Gertrude Stein's success in England?
3. 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?
4. Gertrude Stein left California when she was 17-years-old. The author describes the writer as having a drastic change of lifestyle when she moved to the East Coast. What was the main change in Gertrude's life at that time?
5. Toklas claims that Stein and Fitzgerald had a peculiar way with each other. Explain.
6. Why was Gertrude grateful to have failed to receive her degree from Johns Hopkins?
7. Why does Gertrude Stein spend two years living in Baltimore?
8. How is Picasso described when he makes his first recorded visit to the Stein apartment?
9. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Picasso had just finished his portrait of Gertrude Stein. Why was the painting not received from the time it was finished?
10. What caused Alice to throw herself into literature after having spent so much time studying music?
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