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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lowe notice about Kahlo's images of nude women?
(a) They are "virtually never shown as objects of desire."
(b) They are "strewn about in a vulgar manner," and they are "perhaps overly used."
(c) They are stronger figures than her vulnerable male nudes.
(d) They are all painted in a very different manner from her own nude self-portraits.

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

4. Which of the following subjects does Frida mention in a letter to her husband in the Diary?
(a) Dollhouses.
(b) Food.
(c) The Day of the Dead.
(d) Color.

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

6. Who is the Olmedo that Kahlo refers to in the first few pages of her poem?
(a) Dolores Olmedo, a friend.
(b) Juan Olmedo, a doctor.
(c) Francisco Olmedo, a boyfriend from her youth.
(d) Ines Olmedo, a model.

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

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

9. 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) Unfair working conditions.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Lack of payment.
(d) Misunderstandings about specifications.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does "Xpcolatl" mean in Nahuatl?
(a) Paint.
(b) Corn.
(c) Roots.
(d) Chocolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lowe write does Frida draw in the Diary and use in a painting titled Moses?

2. How does Lowe explain that reading the Diary may affect our viewing of Kahlo's paintings?

3. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?

4. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?

5. In Frida's "Portrait of Neferunico," who does the portrait most resemble?

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