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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. Since she couldn't spend all day alone, who did Kahlo visit with for entertainment while in Paris?
(a) Andre Breton.
(b) Jacqueline Breton.
(c) Marcel Duchamp.
(d) Natalia Trotsky.

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

3. What did Kahlo write in her diary in Chapter 24?
(a) That she knew she was dying.
(b) That she wanted to die.
(c) That she was scared of dying.
(d) That she wished she would have died years ago.

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

5. How were Rivera and Kahlo seen by friends in their marriage?
(a) As bitter enemies.
(b) As sacred monsters.
(c) As best friends.
(d) As merely roommates.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Kahlo and Rivera's relationship symbolized by the house that they lived in?

3. What did Kahlo destroy in order to highlight her loneliness and demonstrate her defiant feelings to be left alone?

4. What was done to help Kahlo in Mexico in Chapter 23?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Rivera and Frida tell the press was the reason for their divorce?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Did Frida ever forgive her sister for having an affair with Rivera?

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

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