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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. Which of the following techniques does Lowe write that Kahlo used?
(a) Wax spills.
(b) "Automatic," or free association games with human and animal body parts.
(c) Ink spills.
(d) Random scratching to the paper.

2. What part of Mexico does Fuentes compare to Frida's body?
(a) It's wars.
(b) It's wounds.
(c) It's art.
(d) It's music.

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

4. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?
(a) Full of vitality.
(b) Always interested in romance.
(c) Full of vulgarity.
(d) Always curious about life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Kahlo paint Dorothy Hale?

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

3. What line of work was Frida's father in?

4. What aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?

5. Who is Jose Guadalupe Posada?

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