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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 street on which the Picassos lived?
(a) rue d'Avron
(b) avenue Foch
(c) rue de Fleurus
(d) rue Ravignan

2. At what age did Alice stop practicing her music?
(a) 16
(b) 23
(c) 18
(d) 20

3. What was the name of the sculptor working on a figure of Gertrude Stein's nephew?
(a) Vollard
(b) Roche
(c) Michelangelo Buonartti
(d) Kathleen Bruce

4. With whom did Alice live?
(a) Two sisters
(b) Father and brother
(c) Aunt and Uncle
(d) Roommates

5. What lessons did Alice want to receive?
(a) cooking
(b) painting
(c) writing
(d) French

6. Who was the inspiration for La Femme un Chapeau?
(a) Amelie Matisse
(b) Alice B. Toklas
(c) Gertrude Stein
(d) Fernande Picasso

7. Gertrude Stein's brother discovered what unknown artist at Sagot's gallery?
(a) Picasso
(b) Cézanne
(c) Monday
(d) Whistler

8. What is a chronic problem in Paris?
(a) homelessness
(b) crime
(c) unemployment
(d) prostitution

9. Which house guest was objected to by Helene?
(a) Picasso
(b) Cézanne
(c) Alice
(d) Matisse

10. What event caused Alice to lapse with her music?
(a) College
(b) Earthquake
(c) Her mother's death
(d) San Francisco fire

11. Stein had a weakness for what types of objects?
(a) green
(b) breakable
(c) metal
(d) sturdy

12. Which artist is not mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) Rousseau
(b) Matisse
(c) Seurat
(d) Botticelli

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

14. What famous school did Gertrude Stein attend?
(a) Johns Hopkins
(b) Sorbonne
(c) Oxford
(d) Columbia

15. What was the former occupation of gallery owner, Sagot?
(a) painter
(b) circus clown
(c) doctor
(d) yachtsman

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was not a passion for Fernande?

2. At what age did Alice develop a love of literature?

3. The Matisse apartment had a beautiful view of what Paris landmark?

4. What was the name of the book that Gertrude Stein was having privately printed in 1907?

5. Which of these things is not among Alice's hobbies?

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