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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stein claims that Cubism is a concept that can be attributed to...
(a) Danes
(b) Spaniards
(c) Frenchman
(d) Portuguese

2. What maneuver in driving was difficult for Gertrude?
(a) driving in snow
(b) parallel parking
(c) backing up
(d) three-point turn

3. Who was the guest of honor at Fernande's banquet?
(a) Uhde
(b) Ronnebeck
(c) Rousseau
(d) Renoir

4. It was in 1914 the Picasso began to choose what kind of paint?
(a) ripolin
(b) oil
(c) acrylic
(d) recycled

5. The German ship, Fangturm, sold what items to the Mediterranean ports?
(a) socks and shoes
(b) coffee and tea
(c) pins and needles
(d) guns and ammo

6. According to Stein Germans lack what ability?
(a) common sense
(b) organization
(c) laughter
(d) intelligent thought

7. For what animal did Gertrude have a fondness?
(a) giraffes
(b) weasels
(c) goats
(d) pigs

8. What is the English translation of "Nullement en danger ne t'inquiete pas?"
(a) That there is no danger, don't worry
(b) She suffers in quiet danger
(c) It is the quiet ones that are dangerous
(d) There is a danger of running out of tuna fish

9. Where did Alice go with Gertrude and her brother?
(a) Padua
(b) Florence
(c) Trieste
(d) Fiesole

10. To whom did Stein give her first novel for review?
(a) Lewis Bromfield
(b) Pablo Picasso
(c) Marguerite Matisse
(d) Alice B. Toklas

11. Where was Gertrude Stein born?
(a) Vienna
(b) California
(c) Pennsylvania
(d) Maine

12. What experiment did Gertrude perform and eventually write a paper about?
(a) cloning
(b) automatic writing
(c) psychology of an expatriate
(d) chemical reactions of sugar

13. What was the name of Picasso's second wife?
(a) Marie
(b) Fernande
(c) Eloise
(d) Eve

14. What year did Gertrude's brother move away from Paris?
(a) 1912
(b) 1914
(c) 1906
(d) 1909

15. What trait did Stein profess to have?
(a) ambition
(b) fortitude
(c) cowardice
(d) inertia

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stein feel in regard to intellectual people?

2. Who did Alice referred to as being "a tormented and not particularly sympathetic character"?

3. Which of these things was not part of Gertrude's childhood memory in California?

4. Where did Gertrude often spend the summer months?

5. How did Stein and Toklas have to confirm their identity when picking up the money?

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