2. What does Fuentes claim have been the worst traumas for Mexico?
(a) Sexism in the arts.
(b) The Hacendado's abuses of power.
(c) Foreign interventions.
(d) Corruption.

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

4. What animals does Frida paint playing with string?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Cats.
(d) Bulls.

5. What does Fuentes cite Virgina Woolf as writing on pain?
(a) It is the one thing that all humanity shares.
(b) It is undescribable.
(c) It affects women more than men.
(d) It is deeply personal.

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

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

8. What part of Mexico does Fuentes compare to Frida's body?
(a) It's wounds.
(b) It's art.
(c) It's wars.
(d) It's music.

9. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?
(a) Some were consumated, while others were not.
(b) She was constantly seeking female friends to discuss her marriage.
(c) She felt competition with women because her husband was romantically interested in her female friends.
(d) She was competitive with women artists.

10. What did Frida's students note about Frida's Spanish?
(a) She had a uniqe way of speaking.
(b) She liked listening more than speaking.
(c) She enjoyed using double entendres.
(d) They could never hear her.

11. How did Kahlo paint Dorothy Hale?
(a) In her own husband's embrace.
(b) Nude, in a lush landscape.
(c) Jumping from a building.
(d) After a bloody fight.

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

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

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

15. How does Carlos Fuentes claim he first met Frida Kahlo?
(a) He had to ask her to take care of her dog.
(b) He smelled her perfume.
(c) He heard her.
(d) He was introduced by a mutual friend.