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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) Selling paintings.
(b) Traveling so much.
(c) Painting.
(d) Being happy with herself.

2. How many students remained loyal to Kahlo and maintained a friendship with her for years?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

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

5. What painting did Kahlo finish the day after her divorce papers came through?
(a) An Unfinished Marriage.
(b) The Two Fridas.
(c) A Life Torn Apart.
(d) My Ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Kahlo and Rivera turn away and break their political views from in Chapter 15?

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

3. Who came to live with Rivera and Kahlo after living in nine years of exile?

4. What did Rivera and Kahlo tell the press was the reason of their divorce?

5. Why was the loss of a body part such a huge blow to Kahlo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Frida's painting career begin to take off in Chapter 19?

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

4. Despite Frida's declining heath, how did she attend an art exhibit honoring her in 1953?

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

6. In 1950, Frida became very ill and remained in the hospital for over a year; how did she decorate her room?

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

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

9. Where was Frida invited to teach and what was her teaching style?

10. What did Frida paint for the patron Clare Boothe Luce, who commissioned a portrait for the New York Opening of Frida's art exhibit?

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