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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. Which of the following does Frida mention multiple times in the Diary?
(a) Her belief that she is a better painter than Diego Rivera.
(b) Her relationship with madness.
(c) Her wish to live outside of Mexico.
(d) Her desire for a child.

2. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?
(a) As generally confusing given Kahlo's coded speech, and her frequent use of Surrealist games.
(b) As an act that brings us closer to Kahlo's biography while offering us little or no insight into her work.
(c) As "an invariably voyeruristic act," which she remarks is often colored by a creul attraction to the suffering of others.
(d) As one of trangression, "charged with an element of voyerurism."

3. Where does Frida sit in an image of her holding Diego Rivera as her child?
(a) On the lap of a woman who personifies the universe.
(b) On an oversized leaf.
(c) In the middle of a desert landscape.
(d) On the lap of a woman who personifies Mexico.

4. Which of the following are among Frida's interests mentioned in the Diary?
(a) Sewing lace.
(b) Making candles.
(c) Arrranging flowers.
(d) Baking cakes.

5. What civilizations does Lowe wright were part of Kahlo's understanding of her "personal past"?
(a) The Mayans.
(b) The Olmecs, Aztecs, and Toltecs.
(c) The Surrealists in France.
(d) The Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characterizes the poems on the first several pages of the Diary?

2. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?

3. What does Lowe write is a "favorite device" of Frida's?

4. How long does Lowe write that Frida kept this Diary?

5. What does Fuentes claim have been the worst traumas for Mexico?

(see the answer key)

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