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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. What line of work was Frida's father in?
(a) Baking.
(b) Banking.
(c) Photography.
(d) Music.

2. Who does Frida address an eight page letter to in the Diary?
(a) Her father, though he died years earlier.
(b) Jose Clemente Orozco.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Her sister, Matilda.

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

4. What does Fuentes claim have been the worst traumas for Mexico?
(a) Sexism in the arts.
(b) Foreign interventions.
(c) Corruption.
(d) The Hacendado's abuses of power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which best describes how Fuentes characterizes Frida's speech?

2. Who does Fuentes write is like Frida, "hiding her tortured body"?

3. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?

4. How does Lowe explain that reading the Diary may affect our viewing of Kahlo's paintings?

5. What object in one of her paintings is explained in Kahlo's letter to Lamba?

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