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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. What did Kahlo still find difficult despite the increase in her popularity?
(a) Traveling so much.
(b) Being happy with herself.
(c) Selling paintings.
(d) Painting.

2. How did Kahlo's doctors feel about her heading to Mexico in Chapter 23?
(a) They told her to be careful.
(b) They told her she will die if she leaves.
(c) They told her she will be fine.
(d) They forbid her to move.

3. In Chapter 19, in what type of show did Kahlo participate?
(a) An Archist show.
(b) A Surrealist show.
(c) An Impressionism show.
(d) A Resistance show.

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

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(b) She became depressed and withdrawn.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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of relationships did Kahlo begin to explore that Rivera looked upon favorably?

2. What did Kahlo write in her diary just days before her death?

3. How did Kahlo change after Rivera's affair became public?

4. Why did Kahlo request that her students come to see her at her home instead of at the school?

5. Rivera despaired Kahlo's illness; what did he tell people he would do if he was stronger?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, how was Frida and Rivera's relationship symbolized by the house that they lived in?

2. How did Frida become as her illness worsened?

3. What did the success of Rivera and Frida's marriage depend upon?

4. What did Frida's painting, My Nurse and I, represent?

5. How did Rivera and Frida's friends describe their marriage in Chapter 21?

6. What painting did Kahlo create the day her divorce papers came through, and what did it represent?

7. What affair of Rivera's particularly affected Frida in Chapter 21?

8. Why did Frida have her leg amputated, and how did it affect her?

9. Which students continued to work with Frida even after she started teaching from home?

10. What did Frida write in her diary just days before her death?

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