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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1950, Kahlo went to the hospital in Mexico City; how long did she stay there?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

2. In what year did Kahlo sail to Paris?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1919.

3. What did Kahlo decorate her hospital room with in Chapter 22?
(a) Her paintings.
(b) Painted sugar skulls and candelabra.
(c) Flowers and plants.
(d) Pictures from her past.

4. How did the students that Kahlo taught feel about her?
(a) They mocked her.
(b) They adored her.
(c) They were scared of her.
(d) They hated her.

5. What did Kahlo receive that helped her career to take off?
(a) The President's Award.
(b) International critical acclaim.
(c) Her own museum of art.
(d) The recommendation of other famous artists.

6. In Chapter 21, what did Kahlo continue to paint the changing landscape of?
(a) Her marriage with Rivera.
(b) Her affairs.
(c) Her pain.
(d) Her many changing locations.

7. Who did Kahlo and Rivera turn away and break their political views from in Chapter 15?
(a) Trotsky.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Lenin.

8. Rivera despaired Kahlo's illness; what did he tell people he would do if he was stronger?
(a) Leave her.
(b) Stay with her.
(c) Find a way to relieve her pain.
(d) Kill her to relieve her suffering.

9. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that she says has special importance to her in Chapter 16?
(a) What the Sun Gave Me.
(b) What the Air Gave Me.
(c) What the Earth Gave Me.
(d) What the Water Gave Me.

10. Who stated to the Mexican press that he no longer had "moral solidarity" with Rivera?
(a) Trotsky.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Breton.
(d) Duchamp.

11. At what school was Kahlo was invited to teach?
(a) La Emelia.
(b) La Esmerada.
(c) La Esmeralda.
(d) La Evangelina.

12. How did Kahlo's relationship with Rivera begin to change after they moved into the San Angel house?
(a) They became even more passionate for each other.
(b) She took on a more maternal tone, where she cared for him as a mother would for a child rather than a lover.
(c) She began to despise him and draw herself away from him.
(d) He took on a more paternal role, where he cared for her more as a father woul a child rather than a lover.

13. What did Kahlo do upon hearing about Rivera's different conquests?
(a) Become very angry and start tearing up his stuff.
(b) Tease and some say, even enjoy hearing about his different conquests.
(c) Create very powerful paintings.
(d) Laugh and say she is happy about it.

14. What type of relationships did Kahlo begin to explore that Rivera looked upon favorably?
(a) Adoption.
(b) New friendships.
(c) Homosexual realtionships.
(d) Relationships with other men.

15. Whose children came to represent family for Kahlo since she couldn't have children of her own?
(a) Calista's.
(b) Matilde's.
(c) Cristina's.
(d) Maria's.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Kahlo's health declined, her devotion to Communism intensified; what did she add to her portraits?

2. How was Kahlo and Rivera's relationship symbolized by the house that they lived in?

3. Who did Kahlo stay with while she was in Paris?

4. How was Kahlo's affair in Chapter 13 discovered?

5. In 1940, how did assassins try to kill Trotsky in his bedroom?

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