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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 33 to 57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Kahlo's relationship with Lamba?
(a) They once studied together.
(b) They were very close.
(c) Lowe claims they were lovers.
(d) Fuentes writes that they were competitors.

2. 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.

3. What did Andre Breton describe Frida Kahlo as?
(a) A ribbon around a bombshell.
(b) A lion, waiting on the bookshelf.
(c) The most important woman in Mexican history.
(d) The best painter of our century.

4. What is depicted on the first painted page of Frida's Diary?
(a) A poem.
(b) A favorite quotation.
(c) Frida's favorite recipe.
(d) A kind of title page.

5. Who is the Olmedo that Kahlo refers to in the first few pages of her poem?
(a) Juan Olmedo, a doctor.
(b) Dolores Olmedo, a friend.
(c) Ines Olmedo, a model.
(d) Francisco Olmedo, a boyfriend from her youth.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Lowe write does Frida draw in the Diary and use in a painting titled Moses?

4. What exercise does Frida do with colored pencils in the Diary?

5. What are the carpas that Fuentes describes?

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