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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 did Kahlo write in her diary in Chapter 24?

2. What did Kahlo decorate her hospital room with in Chapter 22?

3. How did the students that Kahlo taught feel about her?

4. In what year did Kahlo sail to Paris?

5. Whose children came to represent family for Kahlo since she couldn't have children of her own?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Frida have her leg amputated, and how did it affect her?

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

5. How did Frida become as her illness worsened?

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

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

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

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

Frida and Rivera were both artists, and both very well known. Yet, they had styles that were entirely their own. Examine the changes in Frida's painting style , and compare her painting to Rivera's. How did Frida and Rivera's painting styles differ? How were they the same? Did they rely on each other for advice with their painting? Did they use water colors, chalk, or pencils? How was their particular painting style reflective of their personality?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Frida dealt with lots of physical pain in her life but she also had emotional pain as well. Explore the theme of loss throughout the biography and how Frida used her strength to overcome those losses. How was Frida affected by the loss of her baby in Chapter 10? What did Frida do to help express her feelings after her miscarriage? How many days did Frida spend in the hospital? How did Frida deal with the death of her mother so soon after her miscarriage? How did Rivera help Frida to deal with her pain?

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