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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. In 1944, Lowe writes that Kahlo painted herself with someone else, merged into a single head. Who was this?
(a) Maria Kahlo.
(b) Leon Trotsky.
(c) Emiliano Zapata.
(d) Diego Rivera.

2. What does Lowe write is associated in pre-Columbian mythology with the right foot?
(a) A full moon.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Fire.
(d) Deer.

3. What does Lowe write that it means when she paints her right foot?
(a) This foot brought her pain, so she may have been focused on pain.
(b) The foot was a Toltec symbol.
(c) It is a reflection on her childhood illness that affected this foot.
(d) It is a comical referrence to Diego Rivera's delicate painting of women's feet.

4. What figures can be found in the image that Frida labeled "Naturaleza bien muerta"?
(a) A hanging hand.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A pile of what appears to be vomit.
(d) A spoon.

5. Who does Fuentes write is like Frida, "hiding her tortured body"?
(a) A broken Cleopatra.
(b) The Virgin of Guadalupe.
(c) Maria Izquierdo.
(d) Adelitas, women involved in the Mexican Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Frida give a painting to that she dated November 7, 1946?

2. What does Kahlo liken to ink?

3. What is the name of the monstrous creature that Frida paints in green, wrapped with red ribbons?

4. How does Frida describe "desire"?

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

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