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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) Max Jacob
(c) Alfy Maurer
(d) Henri Matisse

2. Which of these people is not on Alice's list of geniuses?
(a) Clara Schumann
(b) Pablo Picasso
(c) Gertrude Stein
(d) Alfred Whitehead

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the relatives been living?

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

3. Who did Alice meet during her travels?

4. Where was Alice B. Toklas born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Stein decide to write Toklas' autobiography?

3. What was one of the reasons Alice cannot understand Gertrude's insistence upon remaining connected to Allegheny, Pennsylvania?

4. What was the significance of the black renaissance plate?

5. What prompted Gertrude and her brother to split up their art collection?

6. Describe Gertrude Stein's afternoon ritual.

7. Many people, mostly painters and writers, flocked to the Stein apartment. Why was 27 rue de Fleurus so popular?

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

9. Why did the Whiteheads leave America?

10. Alice remembers a collection of photographs, kept by Gertrude Stein of the Americans the war. Why did these photographs upset Picasso?

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