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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. Who is Jose Guadalupe Posada?
(a) Frida's first husband.
(b) A priest.
(c) A rebvolutionary leader.
(d) A graphic artist.

2. What does Lowe claims motivate Kahlo's writing the Diary?
(a) "Doodling when she was in too much pain to paint formally."
(b) "Drafting what would later become formal paintings."
(c) "Negotiating her relationship to her self."
(d) "Understanding her complicated romantic life."

3. How does Lowe write that Frida changes as she writes this Diary?
(a) She becomes more interested in her professional career as an artist.
(b) She becomes more and more reclusive.
(c) She becomes increasingly interested in expanding her artistic influences.
(d) She declines physically.

4. Who does Fuentes quote as having called pain "Dog"?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Engles.
(c) Neitzsche.
(d) Marx.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fuentes characterize the kinds of escapes from reality Andre Breton "was legislating as law" in France compared to Latin America?

2. Lowe quotes Kahlo as writing that anguish and pain were both which of the following?

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

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

5. What does the use of the "third eye" signify in the "Portrait of Neferunico"?

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