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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 108 to 131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frida describe "desire"?
(a) As "what binds me to Diego."
(b) As "communication from the gods."
(c) As "the one who gave birth to herself."
(d) As "a dream we must attempt to prolong."

2. How does Lowe write that Frida changes as she writes this Diary?
(a) She becomes more and more reclusive.
(b) She becomes more interested in her professional career as an artist.
(c) She declines physically.
(d) She becomes increasingly interested in expanding her artistic influences.

3. What significance does the figure of a foot have to Frida?
(a) Lowe claims it is an ancient Mayan symbol of fertility.
(b) Lowe claims that the foot has to do with Frida's desire to move more freely.
(c) Lowe writes that this was an inside joke that she had with Diego.
(d) Lowe writes it may be related to the pain in her right foot.

4. Who does Frida credit with the fact that she is "no longer alone"?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Marx and Engles.
(c) Pain medication.
(d) Catholicism.

5. Which of the following does Frida use in her Diary?
(a) Crayons.
(b) Oil paints.
(c) Blood.
(d) Lipstick.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a double (or triple) portrait, that Lowe writes recalls The Two Fridas, which of the following does Lowe write that Kahlo illustrates?

2. Where does Lowe write that Frida's work was first taken seriously (where she "made a decisive shift from amateur to professional painter")?

3. What number repeats in Frida's diary?

4. What did Frida's students note about Frida's Spanish?

5. Who does Lowe write "cemented" the association of Frida and Surrealism?

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