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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. Now that Kahlo's career had begun to take off, where was her work finally being recognized?
(a) In her own country.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) America.

2. What physical aspect about Rivera did Kahlo laugh at?
(a) His bread.
(b) The way he dresses.
(c) His size.
(d) His hair.

3. What painting of Kahlo's depicted her wearing a necklace of thorns reminiscent of Jesus on the cross?
(a) A Life Torn Apart.
(b) The Two Fridas.
(c) An Unfinished Marraige.
(d) My Ring.

4. What happened to Kahlo since she was not immediately happy with the city of Paris?
(a) She wrote letters home complaining of the city.
(b) She began to paint very depressing pictures.
(c) She ended up ill in the American Hospital.
(d) She became very depressed.

5. What painting did Kahlo create that was a shock to people, and brought an already-difficult subject in the foreground by painting right into the frame?
(a) The suicide of Dolly Hotkins.
(b) The suicide of Dara Holbrook.
(c) The suicide of Danica Hull.
(d) The suicide of Dorothy Hale.

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

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

4. Why was a part of Kahlo's body amputated?

5. Rivera despaired Kahlo's illness; what did he tell people he would do if he was stronger?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Frida become as her illness worsened?

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

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

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

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

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

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