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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 did Kahlo paint Dorothy Hale?
(a) In her own husband's embrace.
(b) After a bloody fight.
(c) Jumping from a building.
(d) Nude, in a lush landscape.

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

3. What does Fuentes write that Frida experienced in a painting she created for the American Clare Booth Luce (which other Mexican artists also experienced when selling art to Americans)?
(a) Lack of payment.
(b) Misunderstandings about specifications.
(c) Unfair working conditions.
(d) Censorship.

4. One of the first images creates in her diary is "connect-the-dots ink drawing." Which of the following figures can be found in the drawing?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A dog.
(c) The solar system.
(d) The Brooklyn Bridge.

5. What language does Frida write in (in what Lowe points out is the only time she cites a source other than herself)?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?

2. What part of Mexico does Fuentes compare to Frida's body?

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

4. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?

5. In Frida's "portrait of Nefertidos," which cultures does Frida combine?

(see the answer key)

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