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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 58 to 83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movement has Frida been associated with?
(a) Surrealism.
(b) Impressionism.
(c) Cubism.
(d) Expressionism.

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

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

4. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?
(a) Always curious about life.
(b) Full of vulgarity.
(c) Always interested in romance.
(d) Full of vitality.

5. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?
(a) As an act that brings us closer to Kahlo's biography while offering us little or no insight into her work.
(b) As one of trangression, "charged with an element of voyerurism."
(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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frida write on the page that she fills with faces in bubbles?

3. What does Frida label her cold climate image?

4. As Frida's health declined, what does Lowe claim she painted more and more of?

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

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