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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. Picasso painted a famous scene with friends gathered around what object?
2. What was the price of Alice's lessons?
3. Which was not a passion for Fernande?
4. What lessons did Alice want to receive?
5. What activity did Stein partake in every afternoon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the impetus to convince Alice to travel to Europe for the first time?
2. Why does Gertrude Stein spend two years living in Baltimore?
3. How did Stein and Toklas resolve their growing need for money?
4. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Picasso had just finished his portrait of Gertrude Stein. Why was the painting not received from the time it was finished?
5. Although one of the reasons Mr. Stein took his children to Europe was to receive a European education, he changed his mind regarding language when the family moved to California. Why?
6. What is Gertrude Stein's brother's theory about the masking of unemployment in Paris?
7. What caused Alice's grandfather to leave Paris?
8. What caused Alice to throw herself into literature after having spent so much time studying music?
9. 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?
10. Describe the premise of Stein's novel "The Making of Americans."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although a great deal of the story is about Stein rather than Toklas, there is never a solid mention of Stein's nuclear family regarding the number of siblings. Why would the author overlook an important part of the writer's childhood and family structure? How did the oversight affect the story?
Essay Topic 2
Patriotism is one of the main topics in the Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Although Stein, Toklas and many of the other characters in the story were expatriates, they managed to maintain their patriotism toward their native lands. Explain how a person could be a patriotic expatriate. Is it possible to be both or it is hypocritical?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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