View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last image in Frida's diary?
(a) A candle.
(b) An apple.
(c) Diego.
(d) A winged creature.

2. What does Lowe write is associated in pre-Columbian mythology with the right foot?
(a) Fire.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) A full moon.
(d) Deer.

3. What does Frida describe will happen to her leg in her August 1953 entry?
(a) It will be put in a cast.
(b) It will be measured so that a special brace can be made.
(c) She will paint it in a formal painting.
(d) It will be amputated.

4. What does Lowe write that it means when she paints her right foot?
(a) It is a reflection on her childhood illness that affected this foot.
(b) It is a comical referrence to Diego Rivera's delicate painting of women's feet.
(c) This foot brought her pain, so she may have been focused on pain.
(d) The foot was a Toltec symbol.

5. What does Frida write over and over, in bubbles surrounding an angel?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Love.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Pain.

6. What does Frida describe as "the harmony of form and color"?
(a) Human biological functions.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Love.

7. Which of the following are among Frida's interests mentioned in the Diary?
(a) Arrranging flowers.
(b) Sewing lace.
(c) Making candles.
(d) Baking cakes.

8. Who did Frida give a painting to that she dated November 7, 1946?
(a) Leon Trotsky.
(b) Maria Izquierdo.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Remedios Varo.

9. Who is Olinka?
(a) Frida's cousin
(b) Isabel Villasenor's daughter
(c) Francisco Madero's wife
(d) Maria Izquierdo's daughter

10. What figures are included in the image Frida labels "DEATH IN A RIOT"?
(a) Skeletons.
(b) Cacti.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Food stands.

11. Who does Frida write that she would like to serve as a "craftswoman"?
(a) The president of her country.
(b) The Communist party.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her local market.

12. What does Lowe write that Frida suffered from in her foot?
(a) Trophic ulcers.
(b) Hammer toe.
(c) Athlete's foot.
(d) Spurs.

13. What story does Lowe liken Frida's childhood memory to?
(a) An Aztec birth myth.
(b) A German tale her father may have shared with her.
(c) Lewis Caroll's Alice.
(d) A small story (in a single panel) of Diego Rivera's History of Mexico mural.

14. What does Lowe argue the final image in Frida's diary is about?
(a) Her love for her husband.
(b) Her departure from this world.
(c) Her desire to communicate with her father who has passed away.
(d) Her wish for healing.

15. What film does Isabel Villasenor participate in?
(a) La Casa Azul
(b) Que Viva Mexico!
(c) Pinto Mi Raya!
(d) Surrealistas

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the words "MOON" and "SUN" refer to in the image that places a woman between the two?

2. In whose memory does Frida create two pages in her diary?

3. Who is Mr. Xolotl?

4. Who is in the image labeled "What a dish!"?

5. What is the "golden section," which Frida writes of as the "seccion de oro"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 552 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample