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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How long does Lowe write that Frida kept this Diary?
(a) Five years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One year.

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

6. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Suprise.
(d) Mysticism.

7. What object in one of her paintings is explained in Kahlo's letter to Lamba?
(a) A bride.
(b) A mouse.
(c) An apple.
(d) A chapel.

8. Frida creates an image of herself falling apart from the top of a column. What does she label this image?
(a) The pain is overwhelming.
(b) I am disintegration.
(c) Where is Diego?
(d) The great fall.

9. What style does Fuentes claim was "in tune with the tastes of the Mexican elite" around the turn of the century?
(a) An indigenous geometric style.
(b) A German born style emphasizing contrast.
(c) An Italian ornate style.
(d) A surrealist style that influenced architecture at the time.

10. What exercise does Frida do with colored pencils in the Diary?
(a) She creates patterns with each color.
(b) She free associates with each color.
(c) She creates a unique doodle with each color.
(d) She compares her use of the color with that of an artist friend.

11. Which of the following best describes the mood of Frida's cold weather image?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Stiff.
(d) Joyful.

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

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

14. Where did Carlos Fuentes first meet Frida?
(a) In the Alameda Park.
(b) In a restaurant called Sanborns.
(c) In the Palace of Fine Arts.
(d) At a Mexico City gallery called the Gallery of Mexican Art.

15. How does Frida describe "desire"?
(a) As "what binds me to Diego."
(b) As "communication from the gods."
(c) As "the one who gave birth to herself."
(d) As "a dream we must attempt to prolong."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Frida use in her Diary?

2. What aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?

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

4. What figures can be found in the image that Frida labeled "Naturaleza bien muerta"?

5. Which of the following best describe Lowe's tone in her writing about Kahlo?

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