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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Kahlo receive that helped her to get over the loss of her body part?
(a) An artifical arm.
(b) An artifical foot.
(c) An artifical hand.
(d) An artificial leg.

3. 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 Earth Gave Me.
(c) What the Water Gave Me.
(d) What the Air Gave Me.

4. What movement did Kahlo learn about while staying in Paris?
(a) Impressionism movement.
(b) The Surrealist movement.
(c) Anarchist movement.
(d) Resistance movement.

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

6. What did Rivera and Kahlo tell the press was the reason of their divorce?
(a) They explained it was the only way they could remain friends.
(b) They had both had too many affairs.
(c) They hated each other.
(d) They had too many financial problems.

7. 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?
(a) The suicide of Dara Holbrook.
(b) The suicide of Danica Hull.
(c) The suicide of Dolly Hotkins.
(d) The suicide of Dorothy Hale.

8. What was the name of the patron who commissioned Kahlo to paint a portrait for the New York Opening of Kahlo's art exhibit?
(a) Cameron Bass Larance.
(b) Contance Blithe Lully.
(c) Cassandra Barely Lott.
(d) Clare Boothe Luce.

9. Why was a part of Kahlo's body amputated?
(a) Her hand was amputated due to gangrene and poor circulation.
(b) Her foot was amputated due to gangrene and poor circulation.
(c) Her arm was amputated due to gangrene and poor circulation.
(d) Her leg was amputated due to gangrene and poor circulation.

10. What did Kahlo give Trotsky after ending their affair in Chapter 14?
(a) A letter.
(b) Some money.
(c) A ring.
(d) A painting.

11. What movement began to lose popularity in the 1940's, and Kahlo resisted being associated with a dying trend?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Anarchist.

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

13. What did Kahlo destroy in order to highlight her loneliness and demonstrate her defiant feelings to be left alone?
(a) Her home.
(b) Her telephone.
(c) Anything that reminds her of Rivera.
(d) All aspects of her female sexuality.

14. How old was Rivera when he and Kahlo remarried?
(a) Fifty-four.
(b) Sixty-four.
(c) Thirty-four.
(d) Forty-four.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Kahlo stay briefly after leaving Paris?

2. What two cities did Kahlo visit in order to participate in a show in Chapter 19?

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

4. Who did Kahlo have an affair with, that went so far as the two of them got an apartment together?

5. In Chapter 21, what did Kahlo continue to paint the changing landscape of?

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