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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 is Xipe Totec?
(a) A Mayan war god.
(b) Our Lord of the Flayed Skin.
(c) The central Aztec goddess.
(d) Our Lady of the Mountain Top

2. What movement has Frida been associated with?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Cubism.
(d) Impressionism.

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

4. What does Fuentes write happened in September of 1925 that changed Frida's life?
(a) An accident.
(b) She miscarried.
(c) Her foot was amputated.
(d) She divorced for the first time.

5. How long does Lowe write that Frida kept this Diary?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a retablo?

2. What "path" does Lowe write that Frida illuminates in this Diary?

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

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

5. How does Fuentes compare the bloodshed of the Mexican Revolution and the "executions ordered by Hitler and Stalin"?

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