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

2. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?
(a) A feeling of pain and dispair.
(b) An interest in professional advancement keeps her going through difficulty.
(c) Worry over her husband.
(d) A sense of happiness and humor.

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

4. In an image labeled "Dog," where does Frida place the dog?
(a) Around a man's neck.
(b) Jumping at the sight of a firework.
(c) Swimming in a pond.
(d) In her garden.

5. As the Diary progresses, what does Lowe write that Frida gives an increasing amount of attention to?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Communism.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) Her family history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Frida write over an image of a foot?

2. What does Kahlo liken to ink?

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

4. What does Frida write next to the image of a disembodied hand (which Lowe writes is likely Rivera's) caressing an unspecified object?

5. Which of the following qualities does Lowe claim Frida shares with Surrealism?

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