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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Frida address an eight page letter to in the Diary?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Jose Clemente Orozco.
(c) Her father, though he died years earlier.
(d) Her sister, Matilda.

2. What does Lowe write is a "favorite device" of Frida's?
(a) "Spilling ink, then moving it around on the surface to create a Surrealist-style image."
(b) "Bringing interior physical forms to the surface, to show power relationships."
(c) "Ink strokes that form an undulating mesh of lines."
(d) "Having a friend begin an image and quickly finishing it, in an attempt to bypass the logical, thinking mind."

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

4. What does Fuentes write that Frida experienced in a painting she created for the American Clare Booth Luce (which other Mexican artists also experienced when selling art to Americans)?
(a) Lack of payment.
(b) Unfair working conditions.
(c) Censorship.
(d) Misunderstandings about specifications.

5. How does Lowe write that Frida's understanding of Communism changes?
(a) Frida becomes more and more interested in the local politics of the Communist party.
(b) She connects it to her hatred of the U.S.
(c) Frida's understanding is based on what Diego Rivera teaches her.
(d) It becomes more like a religious faith.

6. How does Fuentes characterize the kinds of escapes from reality Andre Breton "was legislating as law" in France compared to Latin America?
(a) As "the law of life."
(b) As "needlessly ritualistic."
(c) As "small beer, comparatively speaking."
(d) As "unlikely to ever take hold."

7. Who is Xipe Totec?
(a) The central Aztec goddess.
(b) A Mayan war god.
(c) Our Lady of the Mountain Top
(d) Our Lord of the Flayed Skin.

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

9. What does Frida place in an icy landscape?
(a) A dead fish.
(b) A foot.
(c) An "arctic bird."
(d) "An out-of-place plate of tropica fruits."

10. Who is Jaqueline Lamba?
(a) A famous chef.
(b) A poet.
(c) An Existential philosopher.
(d) A Surrealist painter.

11. What did Frida use to create the central images of the icy landscape in her diary?
(a) Blotted lipstick.
(b) Sauce that must have spilled onto the page.
(c) A sponge print.
(d) Ink that seeped through the previous page.

12. How does Fuentes compare the bloodshed of the Mexican Revolution and the "executions ordered by Hitler and Stalin"?
(a) As "globally less important."
(b) As "more frequently over looked by historians, but no less important."
(c) As "on par."
(d) As "small beer."

13. As her health began to decline, what kinds of images did Frida create fewer of?
(a) Portraits of Diego.
(b) Images created from spilled ink.
(c) Self-portraits.
(d) Images with veins.

14. How does Lowe write that Frida changes as she writes this Diary?
(a) She becomes increasingly interested in expanding her artistic influences.
(b) She becomes more and more reclusive.
(c) She becomes more interested in her professional career as an artist.
(d) She declines physically.

15. One of the first images creates in her diary is "connect-the-dots ink drawing." Which of the following figures can be found in the drawing?
(a) The solar system.
(b) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(c) A dog.
(d) A rainbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the mood of Frida's cold weather image?

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

3. What does Frida write on the page that she fills with faces in bubbles?

4. Frida creates an image of herself falling apart from the top of a column. What does she label this image?

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

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