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

2. 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 Italian ornate style.
(d) An indigenous geometric style.

3. Who does Fuentes write is like Frida, "hiding her tortured body"?
(a) Maria Izquierdo.
(b) A broken Cleopatra.
(c) The Virgin of Guadalupe.
(d) Adelitas, women involved in the Mexican Revolution.

4. What movement has Frida been associated with?
(a) Surrealism.
(b) Cubism.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Impressionism.

5. How does Fuentes characterize the kinds of escapes from reality Andre Breton "was legislating as law" in France compared to Latin America?
(a) As "unlikely to ever take hold."
(b) As "needlessly ritualistic."
(c) As "small beer, comparatively speaking."
(d) As "the law of life."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fuentes quote as having called pain "Dog"?

2. What "path" does Lowe write that Frida illuminates in this Diary?

3. How does Lowe write that the text Kahlo includes in the images in her Diary affect the viewers understanding of the image?

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

5. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?

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