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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 receive that helped her career to take off?
(a) International critical acclaim.
(b) Her own museum of art.
(c) The President's Award.
(d) The recommendation of other famous artists.

2. What did Kahlo claim that she never knew she was until it was put upon her in Paris?
(a) Being an Anarchist.
(b) Being a Surrealist.
(c) Being an Impressionist.
(d) Being a Resistance fighter.

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

4. What did Kahlo begin to do in Chapter 13 that made her behavior seem less civilized and more "indecent'?
(a) She started swearing.
(b) She started using drugs.
(c) She started wearing less clothing.
(d) She started to drink more and more.

5. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that she says has special importance to her in Chapter 16?
(a) What the Sun Gave Me.
(b) What the Air Gave Me.
(c) What the Earth Gave Me.
(d) What the Water Gave Me.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Kahlo make a part of her closest circle of friends in response to Kahlo leaving her in Chapter 21?

2. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created to depict the pain she was suffering through?

3. In 1953, what was arranged in Mexico despite Kahlo's declining health?

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

5. How did Rivera act when he did not get what he wanted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Frida's painting, The Little Deer represent?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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