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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) In Germany.
(b) In Mexico City, where Ines Amor organized an important exhibit.
(c) In the United States.
(d) On a trip to Puerto Rico.

2. How does Fuentes compare the bloodshed of the Mexican Revolution and the "executions ordered by Hitler and Stalin"?
(a) As "globally less important."
(b) As "on par."
(c) As "more frequently over looked by historians, but no less important."
(d) As "small beer."

3. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Suprise.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Rebellion.

4. What does Fuentes claim have been the worst traumas for Mexico?
(a) Foreign interventions.
(b) The Hacendado's abuses of power.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Sexism in the arts.

5. Who does Lowe write "cemented" the association of Frida and Surrealism?
(a) Andre Breton.
(b) Jose Clemente Orozco.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Jose Vasconcelos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the carpas that Fuentes describes?

2. Before the Mexican Revolution, what culture does Fuentes write influenced Mexico and Latin America?

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

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

5. Which of the following best describe Lowe's tone in her writing about Kahlo?

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