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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. What aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?
(a) Use of costume to convey a message.
(b) Use of coded symbols.
(c) The use of the eyes to convey pain.
(d) Their reception.

2. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?
(a) As "an invariably voyeruristic act," which she remarks is often colored by a creul attraction to the suffering of others.
(b) As generally confusing given Kahlo's coded speech, and her frequent use of Surrealist games.
(c) As one of trangression, "charged with an element of voyerurism."
(d) As an act that brings us closer to Kahlo's biography while offering us little or no insight into her work.

3. Which of the following describe the mood of Frida's depiction of her animals.
(a) Humorous.
(b) Mournful.
(c) Sadistic.
(d) Playful.

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

5. Which of the following subjects does Frida mention in a letter to her husband in the Diary?
(a) Dollhouses.
(b) Color.
(c) Food.
(d) The Day of the Dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What civilizations does Lowe wright were part of Kahlo's understanding of her "personal past"?

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

3. What pair of drawings does Frida label "Don't come crying to me!" and "Yes, I come crying to you"?

4. How does Fuentes compare the bloodshed of the Mexican Revolution and the "executions ordered by Hitler and Stalin"?

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

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