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

2. What did Andre Breton describe Frida Kahlo as?
(a) The best painter of our century.
(b) A lion, waiting on the bookshelf.
(c) The most important woman in Mexican history.
(d) A ribbon around a bombshell.

3. What year does Fuentes write that the Mexican Revolution began?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1913.

4. What civilizations does Lowe wright were part of Kahlo's understanding of her "personal past"?
(a) The Olmecs, Aztecs, and Toltecs.
(b) The Surrealists in France.
(c) The Mayans.
(d) The Spanish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Carlos Fuentes first meet Frida?

2. How does Lowe write that Frida changes as she writes this Diary?

3. What does Fuentes claim have been the worst traumas for Mexico?

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

5. How does Lowe explain that reading the Diary may affect our viewing of Kahlo's paintings?

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