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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. Which best describes how Fuentes characterizes Frida's speech?
(a) Often exaggerated.
(b) Very Proper.
(c) Frequently vulgar.
(d) Quirky.

2. Which of the following is a recurring figure in the Diary?
(a) Water.
(b) Fire.
(c) Animal feet.
(d) Wings.

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

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

5. What figures can be found in the image that Frida labeled "Naturaleza bien muerta"?
(a) A pile of what appears to be vomit.
(b) A spoon.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A hanging hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "golden section," which Frida writes of as the "seccion de oro"?

2. Who does Frida dedicate two pages to?

3. Lowe quotes Kahlo as writing that anguish and pain were both which of the following?

4. What "path" does Lowe write that Frida illuminates in this Diary?

5. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?

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