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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 aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?
(a) The use of the eyes to convey pain.
(b) Use of coded symbols.
(c) Use of costume to convey a message.
(d) Their reception.

2. What does Fuentes claim have been the worst traumas for Mexico?
(a) Sexism in the arts.
(b) The Hacendado's abuses of power.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Foreign interventions.

3. How does Fuentes characterize the kinds of escapes from reality Andre Breton "was legislating as law" in France compared to Latin America?
(a) As "small beer, comparatively speaking."
(b) As "needlessly ritualistic."
(c) As "unlikely to ever take hold."
(d) As "the law of life."

4. How does Lowe write that Frida feels about Nefertiti?
(a) She admires her power.
(b) She identifies with her.
(c) She wants to learn mroe about heer.
(d) She wishes she were as famous.

5. Where does Lowe write that Frida's work was first taken seriously (where she "made a decisive shift from amateur to professional painter")?
(a) In the United States.
(b) In Mexico City, where Ines Amor organized an important exhibit.
(c) On a trip to Puerto Rico.
(d) In Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frida write on the page that she fills with faces in bubbles?

2. What pets does Lowe mentioned Frida keeps?

3. How does Lowe claim Frida creates many of the dedications in the Diary?

4. How did Kahlo paint Dorothy Hale?

5. What picture does Frida use to create a collage?

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