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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. Why did Kahlo move out of the people's home she was staying with in Paris and into her own apartment?
2. Why type of movement did not catch on in Mexico despite the high hopes of Europeans?
3. 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?
4. What began to happen as Kahlo started to lose her grip on life?
5. Who came to live with Rivera and Kahlo after living in nine years of exile?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Rivera and Frida fall away from the Trotskites?
2. What painting did Kahlo create the day her divorce papers came through, and what did it represent?
3. What did Frida's painting, The Little Deer represent?
4. How did Frida's painting career begin to take off in Chapter 19?
5. What did Frida write in her diary just days before her death?
6. How was Frida's approach to Surrealism different than European Surrealists?
7. Which students continued to work with Frida even after she started teaching from home?
8. How did Frida become as her illness worsened?
9. How did Rivera and Frida's friends describe their marriage in Chapter 21?
10. In Chapter 13, how was Frida and Rivera's relationship symbolized by the house that they lived in?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Frida and Rivera both had numerous affairs, and these were a huge impact on Frida's life and her paintings. Analyze the theme of intimacy throughout the biography. How was intimacy important in Frida's life? How did her relationship with Rivera change after his affair with her sister? What types of relationships did Frida begin to have? How was Frida's painting affected by her new relationships and Rivera's affairs?
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
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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