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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Duret commented to an artist that there are two kinds of art. There is art, and then there is ___________________.
(a) pointless art
(b) commercial art
(c) official art
(d) Cubist art

2. What was the name of the large exposition building?
(a) Versailles
(b) Bastille
(c) Musée de l'Orangerie
(d) Grand Palais

3. What artist was a friend of the photographer, Duret?
(a) James Whistler
(b) Max Jacob
(c) Alfy Maurer
(d) Henri Matisse

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Matisse when he received the first large offer from the spring salon?

3. Who would supply the lessons to Alice?

4. What was the career choice of Matisse before he discovered painting?

5. Where had the relatives been living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the initial purpose for Stein and Toklas to go to London?

2. Why did William Cook's father refuse to believe there was war?

3. What event precipitated the Steins move to Vienna?

4. Why did it not matter to Gertrude Stein what language her literature was printed in?

5. How is Picasso described when he makes his first recorded visit to the Stein apartment?

6. What caused Alice to throw herself into literature after having spent so much time studying music?

7. Why did Toklas say it was with "infinite relief England came into the war"?

8. Why did Alice neglect to pursue education or a career while in San Francisco?

9. Alice remembers a collection of photographs, kept by Gertrude Stein of the Americans the war. Why did these photographs upset Picasso?

10. What piece of literature inspired Stein to write Toklas' autobiography?

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