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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 relationship with madness.
(b) Her belief that she is a better painter than Diego Rivera.
(c) Her wish to live outside of Mexico.
(d) Her desire for a child.

2. What language does Frida write in (in what Lowe points out is the only time she cites a source other than herself)?
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) English.

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

4. How does Fuentes compare the bloodshed of the Mexican Revolution and the "executions ordered by Hitler and Stalin"?
(a) As "more frequently over looked by historians, but no less important."
(b) As "small beer."
(c) As "on par."
(d) As "globally less important."

5. Who does Fuentes write is like Frida, "hiding her tortured body"?
(a) A broken Cleopatra.
(b) Maria Izquierdo.
(c) The Virgin of Guadalupe.
(d) Adelitas, women involved in the Mexican Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style does Fuentes claim was "in tune with the tastes of the Mexican elite" around the turn of the century?

2. What does Lowe write that Frida suffered from in her foot?

3. Lowe quotes Kahlo as writing that anguish and pain were both which of the following?

4. Who is the Olmedo that Kahlo refers to in the first few pages of her poem?

5. What did Andre Breton describe Frida Kahlo as?

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