3. Who was the inspiration for La Femme un Chapeau?
(a) Amelie Matisse
(b) Alice B. Toklas
(c) Gertrude Stein
(d) Fernande Picasso

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

5. Alice's grandmother was very fond of __________________.
(a) The ocean
(b) Sunsets
(c) Music
(d) Travel

Short Answer Questions

1. The Matisse apartment had a beautiful view of what Paris landmark?

2. What was Alice's mother's name?

3. What was the name of the street where the Steins had an apartment?

4. What author did Alice most admire?

5. Where was Gertrude's brother living when he learned about Cézanne?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What about Picasso's paintings was considered to be entirely Spanish?

4. What was the initial response to Gertrude Stein's "Three Lives?"

5. Why did it not matter to Gertrude Stein what language her literature was printed in?

6. According to Alice Gertrude Stein remained firmly born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. What was one of the reasons that Gertrude refused to consider California her birthplace?

7. What inspired Picasso to devote himself to Cubism?

8. Describe the premise of Stein's novel "The Making of Americans."

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

10. In 1913, Helene left of the Stein household. What prompted the departure?

(see the answer keys)

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