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

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

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

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

5. How old was Matisse when he received the first large offer from the spring salon?
(a) 42
(b) 35
(c) 27
(d) 31

Short Answer Questions

1. What artist became famous by painting a portrait of Fernande?

2. Where had the relatives been living?

3. Alice had no desire to __________________.

4. What nationality was Picasso?

5. What famous school did Gertrude Stein attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What most impressed Alice about her first meeting with Gertrude Stein in Paris?

2. 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?

3. Although one of the reasons Mr. Stein took his children to Europe was to receive a European education, he changed his mind regarding language when the family moved to California. Why?

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

5. How did Stein and Toklas resolve their growing need for money?

6. Describe the premise of Stein's novel "The Making of Americans."

7. How did Alice come to meet Gertrude Stein's brother and sister-in-law?

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

9. The author claims that Alice's father came from Polish patriotic stock. What in Alice's history causes the author to make such a statement?

10. What about Picasso's paintings was considered to be entirely Spanish?

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