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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 write that Frida changes as she writes this Diary?
(a) She becomes more interested in her professional career as an artist.
(b) She becomes increasingly interested in expanding her artistic influences.
(c) She becomes more and more reclusive.
(d) She declines physically.

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

3. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?
(a) An interest in professional advancement keeps her going through difficulty.
(b) Worry over her husband.
(c) A sense of happiness and humor.
(d) A feeling of pain and dispair.

4. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?
(a) She was a "voracious" reader.
(b) She was more interested in learning from experts than reading.
(c) She did not read, but collected and flipped through inumerable art books.
(d) She was an "average reader," but enjoyed learning from other sources as well.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kinds of metaphors does Lowe write that Frida made frequent use of?

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

4. How does Carlos Fuentes claim he first met Frida Kahlo?

5. What does Fuentes write that Frida experienced in a painting she created for the American Clare Booth Luce (which other Mexican artists also experienced when selling art to Americans)?

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