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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 of a consummate artist."
(b) "The path toward love."
(c) "The artist's path."
(d) "The path toward death."

2. Who does Fuentes quote as having called pain "Dog"?
(a) Neitzsche.
(b) Engles.
(c) Marx.
(d) Diego Rivera.

3. What does Lowe claims motivate Kahlo's writing the Diary?
(a) "Negotiating her relationship to her self."
(b) "Understanding her complicated romantic life."
(c) "Drafting what would later become formal paintings."
(d) "Doodling when she was in too much pain to paint formally."

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lowe quotes Kahlo as writing that anguish and pain were both which of the following?

2. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?

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

4. Where did Carlos Fuentes first meet Frida?

5. Which of the following techniques does Lowe write that Kahlo used?

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