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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. How old was Picasso when he painted the portrait of Gertrude Stein?
2. What was the name of the book that Gertrude Stein was having privately printed in 1907?
3. What was the name of one of the top two large spring salons?
4. What author did Alice most admire?
5. What object was often taken to the cinema with Germaine Pichot?
Short Essay Questions
1. What caused Alice's grandfather to leave Paris?
2. What is the difference of opinion in between the Germans and the Spaniards regarding bullfighting?
3. What was the significance of the black renaissance plate?
4. Toklas claims that Stein and Fitzgerald had a peculiar way with each other. Explain.
5. Of the Americans that visited Paris, Picasso approved of very few. One woman of which Picasso approved was referred to as the Empress. Describe her.
6. Why did it upset Mildred Aldrich to read Who's Who in America?
7. What is Gertrude Stein's brother's theory about the masking of unemployment in Paris?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mildred Aldrich was upset that Stein was not more readily recognized by the Americans yet professed that it was more important to be recognized by the British? What were Aldrich's reasons for the belief? How did that belief affect Stein's decisions?
Essay Topic 2
Although Stein and Toklas are lovers and seem to be accepting of the lifestyles of most people, there are instances in which Stein's morality affects various friendships. Explain why Stein's morality almost cost the writer the close relationship she had formed with Picasso.
Essay Topic 3
Of the people that visited the Paris salon, a great number of them were German or Hungarian. The Hungarians in particular were mad for Stein, her work and her company. What caused the Hungarians to worship Stein? How was Stein's work received in Hungary? How did the Germans view Stein's work?
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