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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Suprise.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Sadism.
2. Who is Jaqueline Lamba?
(a) A famous chef.
(b) A poet.
(c) A Surrealist painter.
(d) An Existential philosopher.
3. In Frida's "Portrait of Neferunico," who does the portrait most resemble?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Jacqueline Lamba.
(c) Frida herself.
(d) Nefertiti.
4. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?
(a) A sense of happiness and humor.
(b) Worry over her husband.
(c) A feeling of pain and dispair.
(d) An interest in professional advancement keeps her going through difficulty.
5. What was Kahlo's relationship with Lamba?
(a) They were very close.
(b) They once studied together.
(c) Lowe claims they were lovers.
(d) Fuentes writes that they were competitors.
6. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?
(a) She was an "average reader," but enjoyed learning from other sources as well.
(b) She did not read, but collected and flipped through inumerable art books.
(c) She was more interested in learning from experts than reading.
(d) She was a "voracious" reader.
7. What does Fuentes cite Virgina Woolf as writing on pain?
(a) It is the one thing that all humanity shares.
(b) It affects women more than men.
(c) It is undescribable.
(d) It is deeply personal.
8. 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) Ines Olmedo, a model.
(d) Francisco Olmedo, a boyfriend from her youth.
9. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?
(a) They were, themselves, used to plan more formal paintings.
(b) They were meticulously planned.
(c) They were planned in writing.
(d) They were unplanned.
10. How does Lowe write that the text Kahlo includes in the images in her Diary affect the viewers understanding of the image?
(a) They do not illuminate the meaning, but add to their complexity.
(b) They generally are unrelated.
(c) For the most part, they are quotes from books.
(d) They frequently describe what is happening in the image, as in a retablo.
11. What does Frida place in an icy landscape?
(a) A dead fish.
(b) An "arctic bird."
(c) "An out-of-place plate of tropica fruits."
(d) A foot.
12. 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.
13. Which of the following best describes the mood of Frida's cold weather image?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Stiff.
14. What "path" does Lowe write that Frida illuminates in this Diary?
(a) "The path toward love."
(b) "The path of a consummate artist."
(c) "The path toward death."
(d) "The artist's path."
15. What does Frida write on the page that she fills with faces in bubbles?
(a) "You can't take them anywhere."
(b) "Not a friendly face in the crowd!"
(c) "How ugly people are!"
(d) "Must stay separate."
Short Answer Questions
1. What object in one of her paintings is explained in Kahlo's letter to Lamba?
2. Where did Carlos Fuentes first meet Frida?
3. What does Lowe write happened in Kahlo's life just before beginning the Diary?
4. What does Lowe write is a "favorite device" of Frida's?
5. Which best describes how Fuentes characterizes Frida's speech?
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