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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The German ship, Fangturm, sold what items to the Mediterranean ports?
(a) coffee and tea
(b) pins and needles
(c) guns and ammo
(d) socks and shoes

2. Who sent money to Stein and Toklas in London?
(a) Picasso
(b) William James
(c) Stein's cousin
(d) Alice's mother

3. Which of these items was not a feature at the Matisse house?
(a) greenhouse
(b) fountains
(c) flowers
(d) statues

4. Where did the Steins move when they left Paris?
(a) Moscow
(b) Budapest
(c) Florence
(d) Boston

5. Which is not one of Gertrude's favorite saints?
(a) St. Christopher
(b) St. Francis
(c) St. Theresa
(d) St. Ignatius Loyola

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was forced to leave the Stein apartment at the insistence of a spouse?

2. What writer did Stein refer to as "the greatest of the Victorians?"

3. What was the name of Picasso's second wife?

4. What publication published Gertrude's paper?

5. Which of these things was not part of Gertrude's childhood memory in California?

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