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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 33 to 57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Olmedo that Kahlo refers to in the first few pages of her poem?
(a) Dolores Olmedo, a friend.
(b) Francisco Olmedo, a boyfriend from her youth.
(c) Juan Olmedo, a doctor.
(d) Ines Olmedo, a model.

2. Who did Frida write many letters to in the Diary?
(a) Dolores Olmedo.
(b) Juan Olmedo, her doctor.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Ana Kahlo, her sister.

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

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

5. What style does Fuentes claim was "in tune with the tastes of the Mexican elite" around the turn of the century?
(a) A surrealist style that influenced architecture at the time.
(b) An Italian ornate style.
(c) An indigenous geometric style.
(d) A German born style emphasizing contrast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What exercise does Frida do with colored pencils in the Diary?

3. What object in one of her paintings is explained in Kahlo's letter to Lamba?

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

5. What does Fuentes cite Virgina Woolf as writing on pain?

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