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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 aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?
(a) Use of coded symbols.
(b) The use of the eyes to convey pain.
(c) Use of costume to convey a message.
(d) Their reception.

2. Lowe quotes Kahlo as writing that anguish and pain were both which of the following?
(a) Processes.
(b) Never fully embraced.
(c) Challenges.
(d) Necessary parts of life.

3. How does Lowe explain that reading the Diary may affect our viewing of Kahlo's paintings?
(a) We may understand how physical pain limited Frida.
(b) We may see Frida as more human.
(c) We may understand just how much Frida lived in her husband's shadow.
(d) We may begin to grasp how much time Frida spent alone, and why she painted self-portraits.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Andre Breton describe Frida Kahlo as?

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

5. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?

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