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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lowe write does Frida draw in the Diary and use in a painting titled Moses?
(a) Engles.
(b) Moses.
(c) Nefertiti.
(d) Andre Breton.

2. What does Lowe claims motivate Kahlo's writing the Diary?
(a) "Drafting what would later become formal paintings."
(b) "Negotiating her relationship to her self."
(c) "Doodling when she was in too much pain to paint formally."
(d) "Understanding her complicated romantic life."

3. Which best describes how Fuentes characterizes Frida's speech?
(a) Frequently vulgar.
(b) Often exaggerated.
(c) Quirky.
(d) Very Proper.

4. Lowe quotes Kahlo as writing that anguish and pain were both which of the following?
(a) Processes.
(b) Never fully embraced.
(c) Challenges.
(d) Necessary parts of life.

5. Frida created a double portrait surrounded by small images. Which of the following images are close to her face in this portrait?
(a) Saturn.
(b) An Egyptian pyramid.
(c) A faithful copy of the Mexico City's National Palace bell.
(d) A Chinese yin-yang sign.

6. What Tiffany art object does Carlos Fuentes describe?
(a) A glass curtain.
(b) A beautiful lamp shade.
(c) A diamond studded leash.
(d) Frida's earrings.

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

8. What does Fuentes write happened in September of 1925 that changed Frida's life?
(a) Her foot was amputated.
(b) She divorced for the first time.
(c) She miscarried.
(d) An accident.

9. What writing reveals that, as Lowe writes, "Kahlo came to her senses"?
(a) Her statement that "he has brought me more pain than joy."
(b) Her statement "I am responsible for myself."
(c) Her writing that Diego "belongs to himself."
(d) Her writing "my body will not give out unless my spirit dims."

10. Who does Fuentes quote as having called pain "Dog"?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Neitzsche.
(c) Engles.
(d) Marx.

11. What aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?
(a) Use of coded symbols.
(b) Their reception.
(c) Use of costume to convey a message.
(d) The use of the eyes to convey pain.

12. What does the use of the "third eye" signify in the "Portrait of Neferunico"?
(a) "The power of her intuitive insight."
(b) "Her interest in unusual biological forms."
(c) "Her love of foreign things."
(d) "Her connection to India."

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

14. Which of the following best describe Frida's feeling for her husband?
(a) Respect.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Anger.

15. What "path" does Lowe write that Frida illuminates in this Diary?
(a) "The artist's path."
(b) "The path of a consummate artist."
(c) "The path toward death."
(d) "The path toward love."

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the Mexican Revolution, what culture does Fuentes write influenced Mexico and Latin America?

2. Which of the following describe the mood of Frida's depiction of her animals.

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

4. What does Fuentes claim have been the worst traumas for Mexico?

5. Which of the following subjects does Frida mention in a letter to her husband in the Diary?

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