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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 Frida describe "desire"?
(a) As "what binds me to Diego."
(b) As "the one who gave birth to herself."
(c) As "a dream we must attempt to prolong."
(d) As "communication from the gods."

2. What does Lowe notice about Kahlo's images of nude women?
(a) They are "virtually never shown as objects of desire."
(b) They are all painted in a very different manner from her own nude self-portraits.
(c) They are stronger figures than her vulnerable male nudes.
(d) They are "strewn about in a vulgar manner," and they are "perhaps overly used."

3. 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 desire for a child.
(c) Her relationship with madness.
(d) Her wish to live outside of Mexico.

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

5. What picture does Frida use to create a collage?
(a) An erotic photo.
(b) Architectural blueprints.
(c) An image of the president of Mexico.
(d) A photo of a man hunting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What writing reveals that, as Lowe writes, "Kahlo came to her senses"?

3. What does Lowe write creates an "aura of illness" in one of the illustrations in the Diary?

4. Who is Jaqueline Lamba?

5. How does Lowe write that Frida feels about Nefertiti?

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