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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 was Kahlo selected to be for Seminario de Cultura Mexicana?
2. Who did Kahlo make a part of her closest circle of friends in response to Kahlo leaving her in Chapter 21?
3. What painting did Kahlo finish the day after her divorce papers came through?
4. What did Kahlo begin to do in Chapter 13 that made her behavior seem less civilized and more "indecent'?
5. What type of relationships did Kahlo begin to explore that Rivera looked upon favorably?
Short Essay Questions
1. Did Frida ever forgive her sister for having an affair with Rivera?
2. What did Frida's painting, The Little Deer represent?
3. What affair of Rivera's particularly affected Frida in Chapter 21?
4. What did Frida do to herself one month after her divorce with Rivera became final?
5. How did Frida become as her illness worsened?
6. How did Rivera and Frida fall away from the Trotskites?
7. What painting did Kahlo create the day her divorce papers came through, and what did it represent?
8. What did the success of Rivera and Frida's marriage depend upon?
9. Despite Frida's declining heath, how did she attend an art exhibit honoring her in 1953?
10. How did Rivera and Frida's friends describe their marriage in Chapter 21?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In Chapters 9 and 10, Frida and Rivera traveled to America for Rivera's exhibitions. They both had different views on America. Explore Frida and Rivera's experiences in America, comparing and contrasting the two. Why did Frida and Rivera travel to America in Chapter 9? How did Rivera feel about America versus Frida? What was the first city that they stayed in? What did Frida say the American people looked like? Who did Frida meet of great importance while in America?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 4, Frida was involved in a horrific bus accident that altered her life forever. She was never the same after this accident and it profoundly affected the rest of her life. Analyze the bus accident that Frida was involved in and examine its affect on Frida's life. Who was with Frida on the bus and how was that person injured? What injuries did Frida sustain from the bus accident? How optimistic were the doctors on Frida's survival? How was Frida's painting affected after the bus accident?
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