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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 characterizes the poems on the first several pages of the Diary?
(a) Aztec influences.
(b) Rhymes.
(c) Colorful, erratic writing.
(d) Long strings of unrelated words.

2. What is the "golden section," which Frida writes of as the "seccion de oro"?
(a) A way of breeding monkeys.
(b) Part of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.
(c) An equation that is "thought to be inherently harmonic."
(d) It is the way in which the golden rule, or "being as kind to others as you would like them to be to you," is described in Mexico.

3. How does Carlos Fuentes claim he first met Frida Kahlo?
(a) He was introduced by a mutual friend.
(b) He smelled her perfume.
(c) He heard her.
(d) He had to ask her to take care of her dog.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frida label her own work in the Diary?

2. What does Lowe claims motivate Kahlo's writing the Diary?

3. How does Fuentes compare the bloodshed of the Mexican Revolution and the "executions ordered by Hitler and Stalin"?

4. Who does Frida credit with the fact that she is "no longer alone"?

5. How does Lowe write that Frida feels about Nefertiti?

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