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

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

3. 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) Maria Izquierdo.
(d) A broken Cleopatra.

4. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Suprise.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Sadism.

5. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?
(a) As "an invariably voyeruristic act," which she remarks is often colored by a creul attraction to the suffering of others.
(b) As generally confusing given Kahlo's coded speech, and her frequent use of Surrealist games.
(c) As an act that brings us closer to Kahlo's biography while offering us little or no insight into her work.
(d) As one of trangression, "charged with an element of voyerurism."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. 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)?

5. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?

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