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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Kahlo's clique not particularly respectful to at the National Preparatory School?
(a) Professors.
(b) The cooks.
(c) The servants.
(d) Other students.

2. What did Kahlo's painting in Chapter 5 seem to represent?
(a) The pain of growing up.
(b) The possibilites of life that were so far away from the broken Kahlo.
(c) A synthesis of life.
(d) A culmination of ideas.

3. How would Rivera's personality be described?
(a) Bland.
(b) Severe.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Humorous.

4. What was Rivera known to be by most people, in Chapter 3?
(a) A naiive man.
(b) A devoted husband.
(c) A stubborn brute.
(d) A prominent womanizer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Kahlo when she became ill after leaving New York in Chapter 11?

2. Whose head did Rivera want to paint beside the head of Abraham Lincoln in his mural?

3. From whom did Kahlo's father gain a commission?

4. What was the strongest reason that Kahlo is permitted to attend such an impressive school as the National Preparatory School?

5. In what year did Kahlo enroll in the National Preparatory School?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Frida do to try and gain Rivera's attention in Chapter 3?

2. Who was Leo Eloesser, and how did he help Frida?

3. How did Frida use painting to help her cope with her pain?

4. While at the National Preparatory School, who did Frida date that her parents disapproved of?

5. How was Diego Rivera described in Chapter 3?

6. How did Frida's painting change as her courtship with Rivera intensifies?

7. What happened to Frida's family during the Mexican Revolution?

8. Why did Frida not paint often during the first few months of her marriage to Rivera?

9. After leaving Detroit and returning to New York, what did Rivera begin to do?

10. How was Kahlo changed after she contracted polio when she was six-years-old?

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