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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. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?
(a) She was a "voracious" reader.
(b) She was an "average reader," but enjoyed learning from other sources as well.
(c) She was more interested in learning from experts than reading.
(d) She did not read, but collected and flipped through inumerable art books.

2. What exercise does Frida do with colored pencils in the Diary?
(a) She creates patterns with each color.
(b) She free associates with each color.
(c) She creates a unique doodle with each color.
(d) She compares her use of the color with that of an artist friend.

3. 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 women.
(c) She praises his love of food.
(d) She praises his tenderness with Mexican sculpture.

4. How long does Lowe write that Frida kept this Diary?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) One year.

5. What signature does Frida use several times in the Diary?
(a) Cuatlicue.
(b) The Little Frida.
(c) Sadja.
(d) Mrs. K. de Rivera.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?

3. Which of the following does Frida mention multiple times in the Diary?

4. Before the Mexican Revolution, what culture does Fuentes write influenced Mexico and Latin America?

5. How does Lowe write that the text Kahlo includes in the images in her Diary affect the viewers understanding of the image?

(see the answer key)

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