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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 began to happen as Kahlo started to lose her grip on life?

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

3. How did Kahlo's relationship with Rivera begin to change after they moved into the San Angel house?

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

5. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that indicated she had had yet another miscarriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What affair of Rivera's particularly affected Frida in Chapter 21?

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

4. How did Frida become as her illness worsened?

5. Which students continued to work with Frida even after she started teaching from home?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

In Chapter 15 of Frida, a Biography of Frida Kahlo, Frida sailed to Paris where she learned more about the Surrealist movement. Research the Surrealist movement and analyze its affect on Frida. Where did the Surrealism movement begin? What is a Surrealist? How was Frida introduced into Surrealism? How was Frida's artwork affected by the Surrealism movement?

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