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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Elephant and the Dove and Chapter 8, Newlywed: The Tehuana Frida.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Kahlo entranced Rivera?
(a) Her quiet demeanor.
(b) Her talent.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her spunk and freshness.

2. What was Kahlo dressing like before she met Rivera?
(a) A flapper girl.
(b) A peasant.
(c) A retro girl.
(d) The workers' attire and haircut of the Young Communist League.

3. How would Rivera's personality be described?
(a) Severe.
(b) Bland.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Humorous.

4. How did Kahlo's father begin to behave the worse-off the family's circumstances got, in Chapter 2?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Misanthropic.
(c) Suicidal.
(d) Despondent.

5. Kahlo made a significant recovery in Chapter 6 and was able to go to Mexico City for a visit; who did she go with?
(a) Rivera.
(b) Matilde.
(c) Arias.
(d) Guillermo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Kahlo's painting in Chapter 5 that depicted her feelings of paralysis and despair?

2. Who was elected president of the National Student Confederation in 1929?

3. What is the color of the house where the story of Frida Kahlo's life begins?

4. Why didn't Kahlo paint often during her first few months of marriage to Rivera?

5. Kahlo's mother tried to raise her daughters with a traditional Mexican upbringing; what two things did she enforce?

(see the answer key)

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