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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. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?
(a) A feeling of pain and dispair.
(b) An interest in professional advancement keeps her going through difficulty.
(c) A sense of happiness and humor.
(d) Worry over her husband.

2. What was Kahlo's relationship with Lamba?
(a) They were very close.
(b) Lowe claims they were lovers.
(c) They once studied together.
(d) Fuentes writes that they were competitors.

3. One of the first images creates in her diary is "connect-the-dots ink drawing." Which of the following figures can be found in the drawing?
(a) A dog.
(b) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(c) The solar system.
(d) A rainbow.

4. What did Frida's students note about Frida's Spanish?
(a) She had a uniqe way of speaking.
(b) They could never hear her.
(c) She enjoyed using double entendres.
(d) She liked listening more than speaking.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Before the Mexican Revolution, what culture does Fuentes write influenced Mexico and Latin America?

4. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?

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

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