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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Frida's "Portrait of Neferunico," who does the portrait most resemble?
(a) Jacqueline Lamba.
(b) Frida herself.
(c) Nefertiti.
(d) Diego Rivera.

2. What does Lowe write that Surrealists believed "automatic drawing" was useful for?
(a) Creating new ways of looking at things.
(b) Accessing the subconscious.
(c) Finding surprising combinations.
(d) Party games.

3. What object in one of her paintings is explained in Kahlo's letter to Lamba?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A bride.
(c) An apple.
(d) A chapel.

4. What does Kahlo liken to ink?
(a) Oil.
(b) Salsa.
(c) Wine.
(d) Blood.

5. What are the carpas that Fuentes describes?
(a) Layers of "resentimiento," or popular resentment as the ideals of the Revolution were touted as realized in government.
(b) Tents that were the stage for satire in proletariat "barrios."
(c) A term for old neighborhoods, like Coyoacan, that were once separate from Mexico City, but became part of the city as it grew.
(d) A term for the typical cooking utensils that Adelitas, women who participated in the Revolution, typically carried on their backs.

6. How does Frida describe "desire"?
(a) As "communication from the gods."
(b) As "what binds me to Diego."
(c) As "the one who gave birth to herself."
(d) As "a dream we must attempt to prolong."

7. What does Frida write on the page that she fills with faces in bubbles?
(a) "Not a friendly face in the crowd!"
(b) "You can't take them anywhere."
(c) "How ugly people are!"
(d) "Must stay separate."

8. 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.

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

10. How does Lowe write that Frida feels about Nefertiti?
(a) She admires her power.
(b) She wishes she were as famous.
(c) She identifies with her.
(d) She wants to learn mroe about heer.

11. What is a retablo?
(a) A colonial style table.
(b) A kind of poem.
(c) A revolutionary song used to spread news.
(d) A painting.

12. What obsession does Frida reveal in a long list?
(a) Her obsession with red paint.
(b) Her obsession with Surrealism.
(c) Her obsession with cooking.
(d) Her obsession with Diego Rivera.

13. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?
(a) Full of vulgarity.
(b) Full of vitality.
(c) Always curious about life.
(d) Always interested in romance.

14. What does Lowe write happened in Kahlo's life just before beginning the Diary?
(a) Her house burned down.
(b) Her foot was amputated.
(c) Diego had an affair with her aunt.
(d) Her father died.

15. What is depicted on the first painted page of Frida's Diary?
(a) A kind of title page.
(b) A favorite quotation.
(c) Frida's favorite recipe.
(d) A poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frida use to create the central images of the icy landscape in her diary?

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

3. Which of the following best describe Frida's feeling for her husband?

4. What language does Frida write in (in what Lowe points out is the only time she cites a source other than herself)?

5. What does Frida label her cold climate image?

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