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

2. What aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?
(a) Their reception.
(b) The use of the eyes to convey pain.
(c) Use of costume to convey a message.
(d) Use of coded symbols.

3. What are the carpas that Fuentes describes?
(a) Tents that were the stage for satire in proletariat "barrios."
(b) Layers of "resentimiento," or popular resentment as the ideals of the Revolution were touted as realized in government.
(c) A term for the typical cooking utensils that Adelitas, women who participated in the Revolution, typically carried on their backs.
(d) A term for old neighborhoods, like Coyoacan, that were once separate from Mexico City, but became part of the city as it grew.

4. What line of work was Frida's father in?
(a) Baking.
(b) Banking.
(c) Photography.
(d) Music.

5. Who does Lowe write "cemented" the association of Frida and Surrealism?
(a) Jose Clemente Orozco.
(b) Jose Vasconcelos.
(c) Andre Breton.
(d) Diego Rivera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describe Frida's feeling for her husband?

2. 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)?

3. What civilizations does Lowe wright were part of Kahlo's understanding of her "personal past"?

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

5. Who is Xipe Totec?

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