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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 108 to 131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in the image labeled "What a dish!"?
(a) Emiliano Zapata, a revolutionary.
(b) An unknown young woman.
(c) Frida.
(d) Diego Rivera.

2. How does Fuentes compare the bloodshed of the Mexican Revolution and the "executions ordered by Hitler and Stalin"?
(a) As "on par."
(b) As "globally less important."
(c) As "small beer."
(d) As "more frequently over looked by historians, but no less important."

3. What does "Xpcolatl" mean in Nahuatl?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Corn.
(c) Paint.
(d) Roots.

4. Who does Lowe write does Frida draw in the Diary and use in a painting titled Moses?
(a) Andre Breton.
(b) Nefertiti.
(c) Moses.
(d) Engles.

5. What style does Fuentes claim was "in tune with the tastes of the Mexican elite" around the turn of the century?
(a) An Italian ornate style.
(b) A surrealist style that influenced architecture at the time.
(c) An indigenous geometric style.
(d) A German born style emphasizing contrast.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Frida's "portrait of Nefertidos," which cultures does Frida combine?

2. Which of the following is the central image in a page labeled "I love Diego"?

3. What Tiffany art object does Carlos Fuentes describe?

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

5. What did Andre Breton describe Frida Kahlo as?

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