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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 came to live with Rivera and Kahlo after living in nine years of exile?

2. What was done to help Kahlo in Mexico in Chapter 23?

3. How many students remained loyal to Kahlo and maintained a friendship with her for years?

4. In Chapter 21, what did Kahlo continue to paint the changing landscape of?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Frida write in her diary just days before her death?

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

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

6. What did Frida's painting, My Nurse and I, represent?

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

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

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

10. Did Frida ever forgive her sister for having an affair with Rivera?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Until the time of her death, Frida's life would be a struggle against death and decay after the bus accident. Explore what role pain and suffering represent in Frida's life. How did Frida changed after the bus accident? How did Frida reflect her pain into her paintings? How did Frida demonstrate her strong will to her friends and family? How did Frida's pain compare both physically and personally? How did her pain make her a stronger person in life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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