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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 84 to 107.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frida place in an icy landscape?
(a) A dead fish.
(b) An "arctic bird."
(c) A foot.
(d) "An out-of-place plate of tropica fruits."

2. In Frida's "portrait of Nefertidos," which cultures does Frida combine?
(a) French, German, and Italian.
(b) Aztec, Hindu, and Egyptian.
(c) Mayan, German, and Egyptian.
(d) Mexican, American, and French.

3. What song lyrics does Frida repeatedly cite in the Diary?
(a) "Life is about love, but dancing is fine."
(b) "Tree of hope stand firm."
(c) "No man is an island."
(d) "Sing and don't cry."

4. What does Frida write next to the image of a disembodied hand (which Lowe writes is likely Rivera's) caressing an unspecified object?
(a) She praises his interest in her pets.
(b) She praises his tenderness with Mexican sculpture.
(c) She praises his love of food.
(d) She praises his tenderness with women.

5. What did Frida use to create the central images of the icy landscape in her diary?
(a) Blotted lipstick.
(b) Sauce that must have spilled onto the page.
(c) Ink that seeped through the previous page.
(d) A sponge print.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the image where Frida paints "an angel and putto," what does Lowe write that Frida creates instead of stars?

2. Where does Frida sit in an image of her holding Diego Rivera as her child?

3. How does Lowe explain that reading the Diary may affect our viewing of Kahlo's paintings?

4. Who is Jaqueline Lamba?

5. Frida creates an image of herself falling apart from the top of a column. What does she label this image?

(see the answer key)

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