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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the picture dealer in Paris that handled Cézanne's work?
(a) Vollard
(b) Laffitte
(c) Loeser
(d) Duret

2. When it came to writing, what was Stein's passion?
(a) descriptions
(b) sentences
(c) verbs
(d) superlatives

3. Gertrude Stein's brother had a fondness for what type of art?
(a) Impressionist
(b) Japanese
(c) Egyptian
(d) Renaissance

4. How does Alice refer to her mother?
(a) Boisterous
(b) Quiet
(c) Shy
(d) Lonely

5. Which of these things is not among Alice's hobbies?
(a) Needlework
(b) Archery
(c) Houses
(d) Gardening

6. One of the paintings by Matisse that Stein loved was titled, "La Femme au Chapeau." What is the English translation of "chapeau?"
(a) nude
(b) hat
(c) flower
(d) child

7. What was the name of Stein's1,000-page book?
(a) The Making of Americans
(b) Three Lives
(c) Catcher in the Rye
(d) A Room of One's Own

8. Gertrude had a large number of photographs depicting what historical event?
(a) Civil War
(b) San Francisco fire
(c) Signing of the Declaration Of Independence
(d) Washington crossing the Delaware

9. What is difficult for Alice to find?
(a) Sheet music
(b) Temperate climate
(c) Mentor
(d) Husband

10. What was the name of the book that Gertrude Stein was having privately printed in 1907?
(a) The Making of Americans
(b) The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
(c) Three Lives
(d) An Awkward Age

11. What was the name of the street where the Steins had an apartment?
(a) Champs Elysee
(b) Rue de Fleurus
(c) Avenue Champagne
(d) Rue de Rivoli

12. What was the cost of the Matisse painting of the woman and the dog?
(a) 1000 francs
(b) 250 francs
(c) 500 francs
(d) 100 francs

13. Of what comic was Picasso fond?
(a) Katzenjammer Kids
(b) Alley Oop
(c) Andy Capp
(d) Marmaduke

14. What nationality was Picasso?
(a) Flemish
(b) Portuguese
(c) Spanish
(d) French

15. What area of Paris is popular with artists?
(a) Montmartre
(b) Latin Quarter
(c) Place de la Concord
(d) Tuilleries

Short Answer Questions

1. Stein had a weakness for what types of objects?

2. Duret commented to an artist that there are two kinds of art. There is art, and then there is ___________________.

3. Who was the inspiration for La Femme un Chapeau?

4. What item did Picasso withhold from his wife?

5. What was the name of the confectioner who made honey cakes and nut candies?

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