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

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

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

4. What movement did Kahlo learn about while staying in Paris?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Frida do to herself one month after her divorce with Rivera became final?

2. How was Frida's approach to Surrealism different than European Surrealists?

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

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

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

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

7. How did Frida become as her illness worsened?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapters 3 - 4 of Frida, a Biography of Frida Kahlo, Frida began dating Alejandro Gomez Arias, the undisputed leader of the Cachuchas. Examine the relationship between Arias and Frida, analyzing his affect on her. What attracted Frida and Arias to each other? How did their parents feel about their relationship? Who was more dominant in the relationship between Arias and Frida? Was Arias artistic like Frida? Why was their relationship significant in Frida's life?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 6, Diego Rivera re-entered Frida's life. Analyze the character of Diego Rivera, and study his and Frida's relationship in the beginning stages. How did Frida meet Rivera a second time? What was it about each other that Rivera and Frida were attracted to? How old was Rivera compared to Frida? How did Rivera and Frida's personalities complement each other?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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