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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Kahlo claim that she was born?

2. How were Kahlo's paintings different from Rivera's work?

3. How long did Rivera wait before starting to paint in order to capture the American people, in Chapter 9?

4. What was the first name of Mr. Rivera, who was one of the painters commissioned to work at the National Preparatory School?

5. How did Kahlo's father begin to behave the worse-off the family's circumstances got, in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Diego Rivera described in Chapter 6?

2. What did Frida do to try and gain Rivera's attention in Chapter 3?

3. Why did the environment begin to grow hostile for Rivera in Chapter 11?

4. How did Frida feel about her new experience visiting America with Rivera in Chapter 9?

5. What did Frida's painting, My Dress Hangs There, symbolize?

6. What was revealed about the blue house on Londress Street in Chapter 1 of Frida?

7. What happened to Frida's family during the Mexican Revolution?

8. What was one of the key reasons for Frida and Rivera's success in their eventual marriage?

9. How did Guillermo treat Frida compared to his other daughters?

10. Why did many of Frida's friends see her bus accident as destiny?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapters 9 and 10, Frida and Rivera traveled to America for Rivera's exhibitions. They both had different views on America. Explore Frida and Rivera's experiences in America, comparing and contrasting the two. Why did Frida and Rivera travel to America in Chapter 9? How did Rivera feel about America versus Frida? What was the first city that they stayed in? What did Frida say the American people looked like? Who did Frida meet of great importance while in America?

Essay Topic 2

While Rivera was working on his mural in New York, the environment became hostile. His mural was being called hostile because he wanted to pain the head of Lenin and balance it with the head of Abraham Lincoln. Evaluate the differences between communism and capitalism, two movements that were mentioned in the biography. What is communism? What is capitalism? What would Mexico and America be considered at that time? Why wouldn't a communist painting be appreciated in America? Why was Rivera for communism? What was Frida in support of?

Essay Topic 3

Frida and Rivera were both artists, and both very well known. Yet, they had styles that were entirely their own. Examine the changes in Frida's painting style , and compare her painting to Rivera's. How did Frida and Rivera's painting styles differ? How were they the same? Did they rely on each other for advice with their painting? Did they use water colors, chalk, or pencils? How was their particular painting style reflective of their personality?

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