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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, A Necklace of Thorns and Chapter 18, Remarriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the jewelry store where Kahlo's father worked?
(a) Jason's Jewelry.
(b) El Diamantes.
(c) Blue Diamonds.
(d) La Perla.

2. What did Kahlo do to Rivera in hopes of gaining his attention while he was at the National Preparatory Academy?
(a) She threw herself at his feet.
(b) She flirted with him every chance she got.
(c) Stole food from him and soaped the stairway from the stage he was painting on, in the hopes that he would fall.
(d) She put on her prettiest dress and wore make-up.

3. Despite Kahlo's attraction and fascination with Rivera, who was she dating that was the leader of her clique?
(a) Alexander Jorge Ammon.
(b) Diego Alejandro Marin.
(c) Alejandro Gomez Arias.
(d) Gomez Diego Arias.

4. What did Kahlo spend a great deal of time and attention to, even during her sickest times?
(a) Her looks.
(b) Her friend.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her painting.

5. What did Kahlo delight in doing to the New York press?
(a) Avoding them.
(b) Talking to them.
(c) Creating paintings depicting them.
(d) Making fun of them and watching them squirm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What painting did Kahlo create that was a shock to people, and brought an already-difficult subject in the foreground by painting right into the frame?

2. What did Kahlo begin to do in Chapter 13 that made her behavior seem less civilized and more "indecent'?

3. What was Rivera known to be by most people, in Chapter 3?

4. Who did Rivera have an affair with that left Kahlo completely distraught in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 9, where did Rivera and Kahlo decide to visit for a Commission that Rivera was granted in America?

(see the answer key)

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