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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. How does Lowe write that the text Kahlo includes in the images in her Diary affect the viewers understanding of the image?
(a) They generally are unrelated.
(b) They frequently describe what is happening in the image, as in a retablo.
(c) For the most part, they are quotes from books.
(d) They do not illuminate the meaning, but add to their complexity.

2. Frida created an list of words beginning with the same letter. What letter did she use?
(a) X.
(b) C.
(c) M.
(d) A.

3. What movement has Frida been associated with?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Cubism.
(d) Expressionism.

4. 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 Mexico City, where Ines Amor organized an important exhibit.
(b) On a trip to Puerto Rico.
(c) In Germany.
(d) In the United States.

5. Which of the following qualities does Lowe claim Frida shares with Surrealism?
(a) A love of the grotesque.
(b) An interest in romance.
(c) An interest in the subconscious.
(d) A fascination with pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?

2. How does Carlos Fuentes claim he first met Frida Kahlo?

3. What Tiffany art object does Carlos Fuentes describe?

4. What does Lowe claims motivate Kahlo's writing the Diary?

5. Where did Carlos Fuentes first meet Frida?

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