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

2. How did Rivera act when he did not get what he wanted?
(a) He screamed and yelled.
(b) He locked himself in his room.
(c) He cried and begged.
(d) He pouted and became upset.

3. How was Kahlo's affair in Chapter 13 discovered?
(a) A delivery man accidentally handed the invoice to Kahlo for appliances that were to be delivered to Kahlo's apartment.
(b) A delivery man accidentally handed the invoice to Kahlo for a piano that was to be delivered to Kahlo's apartment.
(c) A delivery man accidentally handed the invoice to Kahlo for furniture that was to be delivered to Kahlo's apartment.
(d) A delivery man accidentally handed the invoice to Kahlo for clothes that were to be delivered to Kahlo's apartment.

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

5. Why type of movement did not catch on in Mexico despite the high hopes of Europeans?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Anarchist.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Resistance.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What physical aspect about Rivera did Kahlo laugh at?

4. How did Kahlo's relationship with Rivera begin to change after they moved into the San Angel house?

5. What two cities did Kahlo visit in order to participate in a show in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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