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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 claim Frida creates many of the dedications in the Diary?
(a) Using text similar to the texts found in retablos.
(b) Inviting friends to write them in.
(c) Using a color of ink that she related to the person she was writing about.
(d) Writing an entry at one time and a dedication at another.

2. Which of the following best describe Frida's feeling for her husband?
(a) Respect.
(b) Anger.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Devotion.

3. What does Lowe write that Surrealists believed "automatic drawing" was useful for?
(a) Accessing the subconscious.
(b) Creating new ways of looking at things.
(c) Party games.
(d) Finding surprising combinations.

4. 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)?
(a) Lack of payment.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Unfair working conditions.
(d) Misunderstandings about specifications.

5. How does Carlos Fuentes claim he first met Frida Kahlo?
(a) He had to ask her to take care of her dog.
(b) He was introduced by a mutual friend.
(c) He smelled her perfume.
(d) He heard her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describe Lowe's tone in her writing about Kahlo?

2. What year does Fuentes write that the Mexican Revolution began?

3. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?

4. What does Fuentes write happened in September of 1925 that changed Frida's life?

5. Lowe quotes Kahlo as writing that anguish and pain were both which of the following?

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