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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What incident changed Alice's life?
2. What was the name of the book that Gertrude Stein was having privately printed in 1907?
3. What was the name of the heroine of the moment?
4. What nationality flooded the rue de Fleurus?
5. What is the English translation of "un coup de foudre?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What prompted Max Jacob to dub the early 1900s "the heroic age of Cubism?
2. What prompted Gertrude and her brother to split up their art collection?
3. When Alice first goes to the starting this apartment, she is introduced to Helene, the Stein's housekeeper. What are Alice's impressions of Helene?
4. Gertrude Stein left California when she was 17-years-old. The author describes the writer as having a drastic change of lifestyle when she moved to the East Coast. What was the main change in Gertrude's life at that time?
5. Why did William Cook's father refuse to believe there was war?
6. In 1913, Helene left of the Stein household. What prompted the departure?
7. What was the initial response to Gertrude Stein's "Three Lives?"
8. What inspired Picasso to devote himself to Cubism?
9. Why did Stein decide to write Toklas' autobiography?
10. What event precipitated the Steins move to Vienna?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After the Steins returned to the United States from Europe, Mr. Stein wanted the children to abandon their foreign language skills and focus solely on American English. Why would Stein do this? What are the pros and cons of focusing solely on American English?
Essay Topic 2
One of the techniques used in the book is the flashback. Cite five examples of a flashback and the relevance of each to the story. Explain how the use of flashback may have hindered the story in the mind of the reader. Also explain why Stein felt that it was necessary to use the flashback method.
Essay Topic 3
Stein says that there is a big difference in the attitudes of Americans and Europeans in regard to work ethic and material possessions. Americans are much more obsessed with both while Europeans are satisfied with enjoying life and all it has to offer. One good example of this is Matisse's reaction to the house in Clamart. Examine the difference in these points between Stein and her European friends.
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