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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 33 to 57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following qualities does Lowe claim Frida shares with Surrealism?
(a) A fascination with pain.
(b) A love of the grotesque.
(c) An interest in romance.
(d) An interest in the subconscious.

2. How does Lowe claim Frida creates many of the dedications in the Diary?
(a) Using a color of ink that she related to the person she was writing about.
(b) Inviting friends to write them in.
(c) Using text similar to the texts found in retablos.
(d) Writing an entry at one time and a dedication at another.

3. Who does Fuentes write is like Frida, "hiding her tortured body"?
(a) Maria Izquierdo.
(b) A broken Cleopatra.
(c) The Virgin of Guadalupe.
(d) Adelitas, women involved in the Mexican Revolution.

4. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?
(a) Full of vulgarity.
(b) Always interested in romance.
(c) Full of vitality.
(d) Always curious about life.

5. Where did Carlos Fuentes first meet Frida?
(a) In a restaurant called Sanborns.
(b) In the Alameda Park.
(c) At a Mexico City gallery called the Gallery of Mexican Art.
(d) In the Palace of Fine Arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lowe write that the text Kahlo includes in the images in her Diary affect the viewers understanding of the image?

2. How does Carlos Fuentes claim he first met Frida Kahlo?

3. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?

4. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?

5. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?

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