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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 108 to 131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lowe write that Surrealists believed "automatic drawing" was useful for?
(a) Creating new ways of looking at things.
(b) Accessing the subconscious.
(c) Party games.
(d) Finding surprising combinations.

2. What was Kahlo's relationship with Lamba?
(a) They once studied together.
(b) They were very close.
(c) Lowe claims they were lovers.
(d) Fuentes writes that they were competitors.

3. Lowe quotes Kahlo as writing that anguish and pain were both which of the following?
(a) Necessary parts of life.
(b) Processes.
(c) Never fully embraced.
(d) Challenges.

4. What object in one of her paintings is explained in Kahlo's letter to Lamba?
(a) A bride.
(b) A mouse.
(c) An apple.
(d) A chapel.

5. What is the name of the monstrous creature that Frida paints in green, wrapped with red ribbons?
(a) The ghost of a dead child.
(b) A "Boogie Man," called "El coco" in Spanish.
(c) An "Ooglersaurus."
(d) An "Eyesaurus."

Short Answer Questions

1. What line of work was Frida's father in?

2. How does Lowe claim Frida creates many of the dedications in the Diary?

3. What figures can be found in the image that Frida labeled "Naturaleza bien muerta"?

4. Who is Jose Guadalupe Posada?

5. What does Fuentes cite Virgina Woolf as writing on pain?

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