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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 artist was a friend of the photographer, Duret?
(a) James Whistler
(b) Henri Matisse
(c) Alfy Maurer
(d) Max Jacob

2. Who would supply the lessons to Alice?
(a) Fernande
(b) Apollinaire
(c) Gertrude
(d) Henri

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

4. Alice had no desire to __________________.
(a) Change
(b) Travel
(c) Write
(d) Play music

5. What was the career choice of Matisse before he discovered painting?
(a) doctor
(b) pharmacist
(c) attorney
(d) architect

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Alice's great passion?

3. Picasso painted a famous scene with friends gathered around what object?

4. According to Matisse, Gertrude's world was a ________________.

5. Who painted a portrait of Gertrude Stein?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What event precipitated the Steins move to Vienna?

3. 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?

4. Describe Gertrude Stein's afternoon ritual.

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

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

7. Why was Hemingway in Europe initially?

8. How did Stein and Toklas resolve their growing need for money?

9. What inspired Picasso to devote himself to Cubism?

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

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