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

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

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

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

5. In Frida's "Portrait of Neferunico," who does the portrait most resemble?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Jacqueline Lamba.
(c) Frida herself.
(d) Nefertiti.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Lowe write that Frida kept this Diary?

3. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?

4. Where did Carlos Fuentes first meet Frida?

5. What style does Fuentes claim was "in tune with the tastes of the Mexican elite" around the turn of the century?

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