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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What painting of Kahlo's depicted her wearing a necklace of thorns reminiscent of Jesus on the cross?
(a) A Life Torn Apart.
(b) The Two Fridas.
(c) My Ring.
(d) An Unfinished Marraige.

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

3. Why type of movement did not catch on in Mexico despite the high hopes of Europeans?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Anarchist.

4. Why did Kahlo move out of the people's home she was staying with in Paris and into her own apartment?
(a) The Noguchi's began to irritate her.
(b) The Breton's began to irritate her.
(c) The Marin's began to irritate her.
(d) The Trotsky's began to irritate her.

5. How was Kahlo and Rivera's relationship symbolized by the house that they lived in?
(a) When Rivera was angry with Kahlo, he could simply lock the bridge that connected their upstairs.
(b) Rivera painted murals in each room of their house.
(c) When Kahlo was angry with Rivera, she could simply lock the bridge that connected their upstairs.
(d) Kahlo painted murals in each room of their house.

6. What type of teaching style did Kahlo use?
(a) Authoritative.
(b) Passive.
(c) Regimented.
(d) Unstructured.

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

8. What did Kahlo and Rivera start keeping as pets as child-like replacements?
(a) Birds.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

9. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that indicated she had had yet another miscarriage?
(a) My Baby.
(b) My Tears.
(c) My Broken Heart.
(d) My Nurse and I.

10. Who was listed as a prime suspect in the attempted assassination of Trotsky?
(a) Marin.
(b) Muray.
(c) Rivera.
(d) Kahlo.

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

12. What began to happen as Kahlo started to lose her grip on life?
(a) She became depressed and withdrawn.
(b) Her behavior became angry and more violent.
(c) Her behavior became wild and more erratic.
(d) She became hyper and inflicted pain on herself.

13. Who did Kahlo stay with while she was in Paris?
(a) Andre and Jacqueline Breton.
(b) Isamu and Matilde Noguchi..
(c) Lupe and Ruth Marin.
(d) Leon and Natalia Trotsky.

14. In 1953, what was arranged in Mexico despite Kahlo's declining health?
(a) A one-person art exhibit honoring her.
(b) A public demonstration of her painting.
(c) A party to celebrate her birthday.
(d) A dinner honoring Rivera and Kahlo.

15. What did Kahlo do a month after her divorce became final and was the same thing she did when learning of her husband's affair with her sister?
(a) She shaved her head.
(b) She dyed her hair red.
(c) She dyed her hair blond.
(d) She cut her hair short.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose children came to represent family for Kahlo since she couldn't have children of her own?

2. What did Kahlo and Rivera say the success of their marriage depended on besides humor, social conscience, intelligence?

3. At what school was Kahlo was invited to teach?

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

5. How did Kahlo treat Rivera during their marriage?

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