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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's understanding of Communism changes?
(a) It becomes more like a religious faith.
(b) Frida becomes more and more interested in the local politics of the Communist party.
(c) Frida's understanding is based on what Diego Rivera teaches her.
(d) She connects it to her hatred of the U.S.

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

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

4. What line of work was Frida's father in?
(a) Baking.
(b) Music.
(c) Banking.
(d) Photography.

5. What does Lowe write happened in Kahlo's life just before beginning the Diary?
(a) Her foot was amputated.
(b) Her house burned down.
(c) Her father died.
(d) Diego had an affair with her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frida's students note about Frida's Spanish?

2. What part of Mexico does Fuentes compare to Frida's body?

3. Where does Lowe write that Frida's work was first taken seriously (where she "made a decisive shift from amateur to professional painter")?

4. Which of the following qualities does Lowe claim Frida shares with Surrealism?

5. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?

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