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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. What "path" does Lowe write that Frida illuminates in this Diary?
(a) "The path toward love."
(b) "The path toward death."
(c) "The path of a consummate artist."
(d) "The artist's path."

2. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?
(a) Full of vitality.
(b) Full of vulgarity.
(c) Always interested in romance.
(d) Always curious about life.

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

4. What does Fuentes cite Virgina Woolf as writing on pain?
(a) It is the one thing that all humanity shares.
(b) It is undescribable.
(c) It is deeply personal.
(d) It affects women more than men.

5. What style does Fuentes claim was "in tune with the tastes of the Mexican elite" around the turn of the century?
(a) A surrealist style that influenced architecture at the time.
(b) A German born style emphasizing contrast.
(c) An indigenous geometric style.
(d) An Italian ornate style.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?

2. What does Lowe write happened in Kahlo's life just before beginning the Diary?

3. How does Fuentes characterize the kinds of escapes from reality Andre Breton "was legislating as law" in France compared to Latin America?

4. Who is Jose Guadalupe Posada?

5. What aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?

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