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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 was the name of Kahlo's painting in Chapter 5 that depicted her feelings of paralysis and despair?

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

3. How would Rivera's personality be described?

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

5. How did Kahlo begin dressing after she was with Rivera?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Diego Rivera described in Chapter 6?

3. What was Arias elected to in 1929?

4. Why did Frida create the painting Henry Ford Hospital?

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

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

7. While at the National Preparatory School, who did Frida date that her parents disapproved of?

8. How did Frida's painting change as her courtship with Rivera intensifies?

9. What happened to Frida after she was in a horrible bus accident in Chapter 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Frida and Rivera were married, Frida spent a great deal of time learning how to be a wife to Rivera. Research Mexican traditions and examine what Frida did in Chapter 8 to strive and meet those standards in her marriage. What traits were important for a traditional Mexican wife? What did Frida's mother try to instill in her daughters so they could be proper wives and mothers? How did Rivera feel about Frida being a proper traditional Mexican wife? What did Frida strive to do after she married Rivera? Did she stop painting?

Essay Topic 2

Frida and Rivera's involvement with Trotsky became an important one because of his political implications. Examine Trotskyism and analyze its affect on Frida and Rivera. Who was Leon Trotsky? What was Trotskyism and how did Rivera and Frida become interested? What was Frida's relationship to Trotsky? What country was Leon Trotsky from? Why did he come to Mexico?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 2 of Frida, a Biography of Frida Kahlo, The Mexican Revolution was taking place. Research the Mexican Revolution, and examine its affect on Frida's family. When did the Mexican Revolution occur? What were the reasons behind the Mexican Revolution? How was Frida's family affected by the revolution?

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