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

2. One of the paintings by Matisse that Stein loved was titled, "La Femme au Chapeau." What is the English translation of "chapeau?"
(a) nude
(b) hat
(c) child
(d) flower

3. At what time of day did Gertrude Stein typically begin to work?
(a) 12:00 p.m.
(b) 2:00 p.m.
(c) 4:00 a.m.
(d) 11:00 p.m.

4. What was the name of the sculptor working on a figure of Gertrude Stein's nephew?
(a) Roche
(b) Vollard
(c) Kathleen Bruce
(d) Michelangelo Buonartti

5. What famous school did Gertrude Stein attend?
(a) Oxford
(b) Sorbonne
(c) Johns Hopkins
(d) Columbia

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Stein's1,000-page book?

2. With whom did Alice live?

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

4. Alice had no desire to __________________.

5. Gertrude had a large number of photographs depicting what historical event?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Harry Gibb push Stein to publish a big book that people could sink their teeth into?

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

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

4. What prompted Max Jacob to dub the early 1900s "the heroic age of Cubism?

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

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

7. Why was Hemingway in Europe initially?

8. How had Matisse's life changed since he arrived in Paris?

9. Of the Americans that visited Paris, Picasso approved of very few. One woman of which Picasso approved was referred to as the Empress. Describe her.

10. What most impressed Alice about her first meeting with Gertrude Stein in Paris?

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