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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 describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?
(a) As one of trangression, "charged with an element of voyerurism."
(b) As "an invariably voyeruristic act," which she remarks is often colored by a creul attraction to the suffering of others.
(c) As an act that brings us closer to Kahlo's biography while offering us little or no insight into her work.
(d) As generally confusing given Kahlo's coded speech, and her frequent use of Surrealist games.

2. What did Frida's students note about Frida's Spanish?
(a) She had a uniqe way of speaking.
(b) She enjoyed using double entendres.
(c) They could never hear her.
(d) She liked listening more than speaking.

3. Where did Carlos Fuentes first meet Frida?
(a) In the Alameda Park.
(b) In the Palace of Fine Arts.
(c) In a restaurant called Sanborns.
(d) At a Mexico City gallery called the Gallery of Mexican Art.

4. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?
(a) She felt competition with women because her husband was romantically interested in her female friends.
(b) She was competitive with women artists.
(c) She was constantly seeking female friends to discuss her marriage.
(d) Some were consumated, while others were not.

5. In Frida's "portrait of Nefertidos," which cultures does Frida combine?
(a) Aztec, Hindu, and Egyptian.
(b) Mayan, German, and Egyptian.
(c) Mexican, American, and French.
(d) French, German, and Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What line of work was Frida's father in?

2. What is depicted on the first painted page of Frida's Diary?

3. Where does Lowe write that Frida's work was first taken seriously (where she "made a decisive shift from amateur to professional painter")?

4. What was Kahlo's relationship with Lamba?

5. What year does Fuentes write that the Mexican Revolution began?

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