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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131 to 155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?
(a) They were, themselves, used to plan more formal paintings.
(b) They were meticulously planned.
(c) They were planned in writing.
(d) They were unplanned.

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

3. Where does Frida sit in an image of her holding Diego Rivera as her child?
(a) On the lap of a woman who personifies the universe.
(b) On an oversized leaf.
(c) On the lap of a woman who personifies Mexico.
(d) In the middle of a desert landscape.

4. What does Frida write is "the only true reason to live for"?
(a) To enjoy secret love.
(b) To paint.
(c) Learning.
(d) The revolution.

5. What pair of drawings does Frida label "Don't come crying to me!" and "Yes, I come crying to you"?
(a) Drawings of birds.
(b) Drawings of Diego Rivera and a model working with him.
(c) Drawings of vases.
(d) Drawings of a pot and pan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Frida dedicate two pages to?

2. What year does Fuentes write that the Mexican Revolution began?

3. What does Frida draw hanging from a clothesline?

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

5. What style does Fuentes claim was "in tune with the tastes of the Mexican elite" around the turn of the century?

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