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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. Who did Rivera fall in love with and even thought about leaving Kahlo for?

2. What did Kahlo do a month after her divorce became final and was the same thing she did when learning of her husband's affair with her sister?

3. Now that Kahlo's career had begun to take off, where was her work finally being recognized?

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

5. Why did Kahlo move out of the people's home she was staying with in Paris and into her own apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Rivera and Frida fall away from the Trotskites?

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

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

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

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

9. What painting did Kahlo create the day her divorce papers came through, and what did it represent?

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

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 Kahlo was an inspiring woman to many, from the challenges that she overcame to her amazing portraits that she created. Analyze the unique characteristics of Kahlo, examining what made her attractive to Rivera and the other people around her. How were Frida's paintings a reflection of herself? What did Frida teach those around her as she suffered through her pain? What type of personality did Frida have? Was she outgoing? What attracted Rivera to Frida?

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