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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. In Frida's "Portrait of Neferunico," who does the portrait most resemble?
(a) Jacqueline Lamba.
(b) Frida herself.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Nefertiti.

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

3. What "path" does Lowe write that Frida illuminates in this Diary?
(a) "The path toward love."
(b) "The path toward death."
(c) "The path of a consummate artist."
(d) "The artist's path."

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

5. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?
(a) She felt competition with women because her husband was romantically interested in her female friends.
(b) She was competitive with women artists.
(c) Some were consumated, while others were not.
(d) She was constantly seeking female friends to discuss her marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lowe write happened in Kahlo's life just before beginning the Diary?

2. Frida created an list of words beginning with the same letter. What letter did she use?

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

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

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

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