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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 58 to 83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movement has Frida been associated with?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Cubism.
(c) Impressionism.
(d) Surrealism.

2. What language does Frida write in (in what Lowe points out is the only time she cites a source other than herself)?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

3. What Tiffany art object does Carlos Fuentes describe?
(a) A diamond studded leash.
(b) Frida's earrings.
(c) A beautiful lamp shade.
(d) A glass curtain.

4. What does Frida write on the page that she fills with faces in bubbles?
(a) "Not a friendly face in the crowd!"
(b) "Must stay separate."
(c) "You can't take them anywhere."
(d) "How ugly people are!"

5. What figures can be found in the image that Frida labeled "Naturaleza bien muerta"?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A hanging hand.
(c) A pile of what appears to be vomit.
(d) A spoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a retablo?

2. Which of the following subjects does Frida mention in a letter to her husband in the Diary?

3. How does Frida describe "desire"?

4. What did Frida use to create the central images of the icy landscape in her diary?

5. What does Fuentes claim have been the worst traumas for Mexico?

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