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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 156 to 183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Andre Breton describe Frida Kahlo as?
(a) The best painter of our century.
(b) A lion, waiting on the bookshelf.
(c) The most important woman in Mexican history.
(d) A ribbon around a bombshell.

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

3. How does Lowe explain that reading the Diary may affect our viewing of Kahlo's paintings?
(a) We may begin to grasp how much time Frida spent alone, and why she painted self-portraits.
(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 see Frida as more human.

4. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?
(a) She was more interested in learning from experts than reading.
(b) She did not read, but collected and flipped through inumerable art books.
(c) She was an "average reader," but enjoyed learning from other sources as well.
(d) She was a "voracious" reader.

5. What pets does Lowe mentioned Frida keeps?
(a) Parrots.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Donkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Kahlo's relationship with artist Hieronymus Bosh?

2. In one of her entries, Frida imagines herself as a Superwoman. Lowe writes that a few things denote her as a Superwoman. Which of the following does Lowe include as characteristic of Superwoman?

3. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?

4. Which of the following does Frida use in her Diary?

5. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?

(see the answer key)

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