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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. Who is Xipe Totec?
(a) A Mayan war god.
(b) Our Lord of the Flayed Skin.
(c) Our Lady of the Mountain Top
(d) The central Aztec goddess.

2. Frida created a double portrait surrounded by small images. Which of the following images are close to her face in this portrait?
(a) A faithful copy of the Mexico City's National Palace bell.
(b) Saturn.
(c) An Egyptian pyramid.
(d) A Chinese yin-yang sign.

3. As Frida's health declined, what does Lowe claim she painted more and more of?
(a) Skeletons.
(b) Images of couples.
(c) Fruits and vegetables.
(d) Nudes.

4. How does Lowe explain that reading the Diary may affect our viewing of Kahlo's paintings?
(a) We may begin to grasp how much time Frida spent alone, and why she painted self-portraits.
(b) We may understand just how much Frida lived in her husband's shadow.
(c) We may see Frida as more human.
(d) We may understand how physical pain limited Frida.

5. What language does Frida write in (in what Lowe points out is the only time she cites a source other than herself)?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frida use to create the central images of the icy landscape in her diary?

2. Where does Lowe write that Frida's work was first taken seriously (where she "made a decisive shift from amateur to professional painter")?

3. Who does Lowe write does Frida draw in the Diary and use in a painting titled Moses?

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

5. How does Lowe write that Frida changes as she writes this Diary?

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