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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. Who came to live with Rivera and Kahlo after living in nine years of exile?
(a) Leon and Natalia.
(b) Isamu and Matilde.
(c) Guerillma and Naricca.
(d) Luis and Maria.

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

3. What type of relationships did Kahlo begin to explore that Rivera looked upon favorably?
(a) Adoption.
(b) Homosexual realtionships.
(c) Relationships with other men.
(d) New friendships.

4. What part of Kahlo's body was amputated?
(a) Her foot.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her leg.
(d) Her hand.

5. What did Kahlo give Trotsky after ending their affair in Chapter 14?
(a) A ring.
(b) Some money.
(c) A letter.
(d) A painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kahlo claim that she never knew she was until it was put upon her in Paris?

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

3. What began to happen as Kahlo started to lose her grip on life?

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

5. Whose children came to represent family for Kahlo since she couldn't have children of her own?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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