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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131 to 155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Mexico does Fuentes compare to Frida's body?
(a) It's art.
(b) It's wars.
(c) It's music.
(d) It's wounds.

2. How does Frida describe "desire"?
(a) As "what binds me to Diego."
(b) As "a dream we must attempt to prolong."
(c) As "the one who gave birth to herself."
(d) As "communication from the gods."

3. As her health began to decline, what kinds of images did Frida create fewer of?
(a) Portraits of Diego.
(b) Images with veins.
(c) Self-portraits.
(d) Images created from spilled ink.

4. What exercise does Frida do with colored pencils in the Diary?
(a) She creates patterns with each color.
(b) She free associates with each color.
(c) She compares her use of the color with that of an artist friend.
(d) She creates a unique doodle with each color.

5. What did Andre Breton describe Frida Kahlo as?
(a) A lion, waiting on the bookshelf.
(b) The most important woman in Mexican history.
(c) The best painter of our century.
(d) A ribbon around a bombshell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frida place in an icy landscape?

2. Which of the following does Frida admire, and write about in her diary?

3. 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?

4. What figures can be found in the image that Frida labeled "Naturaleza bien muerta"?

5. In whose memory does Frida create two pages in her diary?

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