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

2. Who is Jose Guadalupe Posada?
(a) Frida's first husband.
(b) A priest.
(c) A rebvolutionary leader.
(d) A graphic artist.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Kahlo's relationship with Lamba?

5. Who does Fuentes quote as having called pain "Dog"?

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