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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was done to help Kahlo in Mexico in Chapter 23?
(a) A bed was delivered to the exhibit and Kahlo was brought in on a stretcher and placed on the bed.
(b) A bed was delivered to the party and Kahlo was brought in on a stretcher and placed on the bed.
(c) A bed was delivered to the dinner and Kahlo was brought in on a stretcher and placed on the bed.
(d) A bed was delivered to the demonstration and Kahlo was brought in on a stretcher and placed on the bed.

2. What part of Kahlo's body was amputated?
(a) Her foot.
(b) Her leg.
(c) Her arm.
(d) Her hand.

3. How was Kahlo's affair in Chapter 13 discovered?
(a) A delivery man accidentally handed the invoice to Kahlo for a piano that was to be delivered to Kahlo's apartment.
(b) A delivery man accidentally handed the invoice to Kahlo for appliances that were to be delivered to Kahlo's apartment.
(c) A delivery man accidentally handed the invoice to Kahlo for furniture that was to be delivered to Kahlo's apartment.
(d) A delivery man accidentally handed the invoice to Kahlo for clothes that were to be delivered to Kahlo's apartment.

4. What was the name of the patron who commissioned Kahlo to paint a portrait for the New York Opening of Kahlo's art exhibit?
(a) Clare Boothe Luce.
(b) Contance Blithe Lully.
(c) Cameron Bass Larance.
(d) Cassandra Barely Lott.

5. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that indicated she had had yet another miscarriage?
(a) My Tears.
(b) My Nurse and I.
(c) My Baby.
(d) My Broken Heart.

6. What did Kahlo receive that helped her career to take off?
(a) Her own museum of art.
(b) The President's Award.
(c) International critical acclaim.
(d) The recommendation of other famous artists.

7. What did Kahlo do a month after her divorce became final and was the same thing she did when learning of her husband's affair with her sister?
(a) She shaved her head.
(b) She dyed her hair blond.
(c) She dyed her hair red.
(d) She cut her hair short.

8. What did Kahlo give Trotsky after ending their affair in Chapter 14?
(a) Some money.
(b) A painting.
(c) A ring.
(d) A letter.

9. How did Kahlo change after Rivera's affair became public?
(a) From an adoring bride to a more complex woman.
(b) From a talent artist to a housewife.
(c) From a loving wife to a bitter ex-wife.
(d) From a complex woman to a bitter wife.

10. Why did Kahlo request that her students come to see her at her home instead of at the school?
(a) She was no longer welcome at the school.
(b) She disliked the impersonal setting of the school.
(c) The long commute was taxing her health.
(d) She wanted the students to use her tools.

11. What painting did Kahlo finish the day after her divorce papers came through?
(a) An Unfinished Marriage.
(b) A Life Torn Apart.
(c) The Two Fridas.
(d) My Ring.

12. In what year did Kahlo sail to Paris?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1919.

13. How did Kahlo treat Rivera during their marriage?
(a) As his sister.
(b) As his friend.
(c) As his enemy.
(d) As his mother.

14. What painting did Kahlo create that was a shock to people, and brought an already-difficult subject in the foreground by painting right into the frame?
(a) The suicide of Dara Holbrook.
(b) The suicide of Danica Hull.
(c) The suicide of Dolly Hotkins.
(d) The suicide of Dorothy Hale.

15. How did Rivera act when he did not get what he wanted?
(a) He locked himself in his room.
(b) He screamed and yelled.
(c) He cried and begged.
(d) He pouted and became upset.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Kahlo and Rivera turn away and break their political views from in Chapter 15?

2. What did Kahlo begin to do in Chapter 13 that made her behavior seem less civilized and more "indecent'?

3. In 1950, Kahlo went to the hospital in Mexico City; how long did she stay there?

4. What two cities did Kahlo visit in order to participate in a show in Chapter 19?

5. Now that Kahlo's career had begun to take off, where was her work finally being recognized?

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