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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 Jaqueline Lamba?
(a) An Existential philosopher.
(b) A Surrealist painter.
(c) A poet.
(d) A famous chef.

2. Who does Frida write that she would like to serve as a "craftswoman"?
(a) Her local market.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The Communist party.
(d) The president of her country.

3. Which of the following best describes the connection between entries in Frida's diary.
(a) They are themed.
(b) They show her maturing, over the course of about 15 years.
(c) They deal with the current trauma in her life.
(d) There is little continuity.

4. What object in one of her paintings is explained in Kahlo's letter to Lamba?
(a) A chapel.
(b) An apple.
(c) A bride.
(d) A mouse.

5. What does Fuentes claim have been the worst traumas for Mexico?
(a) The Hacendado's abuses of power.
(b) Sexism in the arts.
(c) Foreign interventions.
(d) Corruption.

Short Answer Questions

1. Frida creates an image of herself falling apart from the top of a column. What does she label this image?

2. What is depicted on the first painted page of Frida's Diary?

3. In a double (or triple) portrait, that Lowe writes recalls The Two Fridas, which of the following does Lowe write that Kahlo illustrates?

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

5. What does Lowe write is a "favorite device" of Frida's?

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