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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. How did Rivera act when he did not get what he wanted?

2. What part of Kahlo's body was amputated?

3. How old was Rivera when he and Kahlo remarried?

4. How was Kahlo and Rivera's relationship symbolized by the house that they lived in?

5. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created to depict the pain she was suffering through?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How was Rivera's affair with sculptor Isamu Noguchi revealed?

5. In Chapter 13, how was Frida and Rivera's relationship symbolized by the house that they lived in?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Throughout the biography of Frida Kahlo, she struggled tremendously with her health, suffering through her pain. However, she always managed to endure and persevere with her amazing paintings that inspire others. Examine the theme of determination throughout the biography of Frida Kahlo. What is the definition of determination? How did Frida show her determination in Chapter 23 when she was honored at an art exhibit in Mexico? How did Frida show her determination even as a small child? Besides her determination about beating her physical pain, where else in Frida's life did she show determination?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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