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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131 to 155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is depicted on the first painted page of Frida's Diary?
(a) A favorite quotation.
(b) A poem.
(c) A kind of title page.
(d) Frida's favorite recipe.

2. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?
(a) They were, themselves, used to plan more formal paintings.
(b) They were planned in writing.
(c) They were meticulously planned.
(d) They were unplanned.

3. Which of the following does Frida admire, and write about in her diary?
(a) Franchesca, her neighbor.
(b) Carlos Riviera, Diego's brother.
(c) Francisco Madero, a revolutionary.
(d) Juan Farill, her doctor.

4. Which of the following best describes the connection between entries in Frida's diary.
(a) They are themed.
(b) They deal with the current trauma in her life.
(c) There is little continuity.
(d) They show her maturing, over the course of about 15 years.

5. What does Lowe write that "naturaleza muerta" translates to in English?
(a) "Day of the Dead altar."
(b) "Still life."
(c) "Nature in death."
(d) "Natural death."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frida describe meeting an imaginary friend?

2. As the Diary progresses, what does Lowe write that Frida gives an increasing amount of attention to?

3. In a double (or triple) portrait, that Lowe writes recalls The Two Fridas, which of the following does Lowe write that Kahlo illustrates?

4. Which of the following best describe Lowe's tone in her writing about Kahlo?

5. Which of the following best describe Frida's feeling for her husband?

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