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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essay by Sarah M. Lowe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Carlos Fuentes claim he first met Frida Kahlo?
(a) He had to ask her to take care of her dog.
(b) He smelled her perfume.
(c) He was introduced by a mutual friend.
(d) He heard her.

2. How long does Lowe write that Frida kept this Diary?
(a) Ten years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Fifteen years.

3. What aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?
(a) Their reception.
(b) The use of the eyes to convey pain.
(c) Use of costume to convey a message.
(d) Use of coded symbols.

4. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?
(a) She was an "average reader," but enjoyed learning from other sources as well.
(b) She was more interested in learning from experts than reading.
(c) She was a "voracious" reader.
(d) She did not read, but collected and flipped through inumerable art books.

5. What does Lowe claims motivate Kahlo's writing the Diary?
(a) "Drafting what would later become formal paintings."
(b) "Negotiating her relationship to her self."
(c) "Understanding her complicated romantic life."
(d) "Doodling when she was in too much pain to paint formally."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?

2. Who does Fuentes write is like Frida, "hiding her tortured body"?

3. How does Lowe write that Frida's understanding of Communism changes?

4. What part of Mexico does Fuentes compare to Frida's body?

5. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?

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