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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. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?
(a) They were planned in writing.
(b) They were meticulously planned.
(c) They were, themselves, used to plan more formal paintings.
(d) They were unplanned.

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

3. What does Fuentes write happened in September of 1925 that changed Frida's life?
(a) She miscarried.
(b) Her foot was amputated.
(c) An accident.
(d) She divorced for the first time.

4. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?
(a) As one of trangression, "charged with an element of voyerurism."
(b) As generally confusing given Kahlo's coded speech, and her frequent use of Surrealist games.
(c) As an act that brings us closer to Kahlo's biography while offering us little or no insight into her work.
(d) As "an invariably voyeruristic act," which she remarks is often colored by a creul attraction to the suffering of others.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Lowe write that Frida's understanding of Communism changes?

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

5. How long does Lowe write that Frida kept this Diary?

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