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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 happened to Kahlo since she was not immediately happy with the city of Paris?
(a) She wrote letters home complaining of the city.
(b) She became very depressed.
(c) She began to paint very depressing pictures.
(d) She ended up ill in the American Hospital.

2. Why did Kahlo request that her students come to see her at her home instead of at the school?
(a) The long commute was taxing her health.
(b) She wanted the students to use her tools.
(c) She was no longer welcome at the school.
(d) She disliked the impersonal setting of the school.

3. How did Kahlo disguise her artificial body part?
(a) By wearing long sleeved shirts.
(b) By wearing flowing skirts.
(c) By wearing gloves.
(d) By wearing boots.

4. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created to depict the pain she was suffering through?
(a) The Little Lamb.
(b) The Little Bird.
(c) The Little Deer.
(d) The Little Dove.

5. Why was the loss of a body part such a huge blow to Kahlo?
(a) She was embarrassed at losing a body part at such a young age.
(b) She didn''t know how she would ever be able to paint again.
(c) Her sense of identity and self-esteem were heavily linked to her outward appearance.
(d) She did not think Rivera would love her anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kahlo do upon hearing about Rivera's different conquests?

2. How did Kahlo treat Rivera during their marriage?

3. Why was a part of Kahlo's body amputated?

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

5. What did Kahlo give Trotsky after ending their affair in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Frida do to herself one month after her divorce with Rivera became final?

3. In 1939, Frida sailed to Paris; how did she first feel about the city?

4. Why didn''t Surrealism catch on in Mexico?

5. How was Rivera's affair with sculptor Isamu Noguchi revealed?

6. How did Rivera and Frida fall away from the Trotskites?

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

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

9. How was Frida's approach to Surrealism different than European Surrealists?

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

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