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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. Which of the following qualities does Lowe claim Frida shares with Surrealism?
(a) An interest in romance.
(b) An interest in the subconscious.
(c) A fascination with pain.
(d) A love of the grotesque.

2. What does Frida equate with being alive?
(a) Painting with oil paints.
(b) Having children.
(c) Being part of the Revolution.
(d) Making her husband's favorite soup.

3. What is the name of the monstrous creature that Frida paints in green, wrapped with red ribbons?
(a) A "Boogie Man," called "El coco" in Spanish.
(b) The ghost of a dead child.
(c) An "Eyesaurus."
(d) An "Ooglersaurus."

4. What exercise does Frida do with colored pencils in the Diary?
(a) She creates a unique doodle with each color.
(b) She compares her use of the color with that of an artist friend.
(c) She creates patterns with each color.
(d) She free associates with each color.

5. What figures share a splattered arm, on the front-side and back-side of a single page?
(a) A skeleton and figure labeled "ME?"
(b) Diego Rivera and an artist named Dr. Atl.
(c) Juan Faril, Frida's doctor, and herself.
(d) A figure labeled "ME" and Diego.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Frida admire, and write about in her diary?

2. What does Lowe write that Surrealists believed "automatic drawing" was useful for?

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

4. Where does Frida write that she and her sister would watch revolutionary soldiers?

5. How does Lowe write that Frida's understanding of Communism changes?

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