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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. What childhood memory does Frida write about in 1950?
(a) Playing with an imaginary friend.
(b) Playing with a neighbor boy.
(c) Chewing on a doll's foot.
(d) Taking ballet classes.

2. What does Lowe write that Frida's "primative, ancient animal" creation recalls?
(a) A fertility godess.
(b) Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent of Aztec legend.
(c) Cuaticue, an Aztec godess that gave birth to the moon.
(d) Tlaloc, the god of rain.

3. What language does Frida write in (in what Lowe points out is the only time she cites a source other than herself)?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

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

5. Which of the following best describe Lowe's tone in her writing about Kahlo?
(a) Respect and admiration.
(b) Disrespect for her political simplicity.
(c) Neutral.
(d) Concern for her physical problems.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?

4. What recipe does Frida include in her Diary?

5. What does Frida write is the most precious thing?

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