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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 Kahlo as a reader?
(a) She was a "voracious" reader.
(b) She was an "average reader," but enjoyed learning from other sources as well.
(c) She was more interested in learning from experts than reading.
(d) She did not read, but collected and flipped through inumerable art books.

2. How does Lowe claim Frida creates many of the dedications in the Diary?
(a) Using text similar to the texts found in retablos.
(b) Inviting friends to write them in.
(c) Using a color of ink that she related to the person she was writing about.
(d) Writing an entry at one time and a dedication at another.

3. What does Fuentes cite Virgina Woolf as writing on pain?
(a) It is the one thing that all humanity shares.
(b) It is undescribable.
(c) It is deeply personal.
(d) It affects women more than men.

4. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?
(a) Worry over her husband.
(b) A sense of happiness and humor.
(c) An interest in professional advancement keeps her going through difficulty.
(d) A feeling of pain and dispair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Olmedo that Kahlo refers to in the first few pages of her poem?

2. What does Fuentes write happened in September of 1925 that changed Frida's life?

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

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

5. Which of the following qualities does Lowe claim Frida shares with Surrealism?

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