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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essay by Sarah M. Lowe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lowe write that Frida's work was first taken seriously (where she "made a decisive shift from amateur to professional painter")?
(a) On a trip to Puerto Rico.
(b) In Germany.
(c) In the United States.
(d) In Mexico City, where Ines Amor organized an important exhibit.

2. Before the Mexican Revolution, what culture does Fuentes write influenced Mexico and Latin America?
(a) Haitian culture.
(b) French culture.
(c) German culture.
(d) Italian culture.

3. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?
(a) As one of trangression, "charged with an element of voyerurism."
(b) As an act that brings us closer to Kahlo's biography while offering us little or no insight into her work.
(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.

4. How does Lowe write that Frida changes as she writes this Diary?
(a) She becomes increasingly interested in expanding her artistic influences.
(b) She declines physically.
(c) She becomes more interested in her professional career as an artist.
(d) She becomes more and more reclusive.

5. Who is Jose Guadalupe Posada?
(a) A priest.
(b) Frida's first husband.
(c) A rebvolutionary leader.
(d) A graphic artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fuentes write happened in September of 1925 that changed Frida's life?

2. What does Fuentes cite Virgina Woolf as writing on pain?

3. What movement has Frida been associated with?

4. What civilizations does Lowe wright were part of Kahlo's understanding of her "personal past"?

5. Who does Lowe write "cemented" the association of Frida and Surrealism?

(see the answer key)

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