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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Frida write that she and her sister would watch revolutionary soldiers?
(a) On trips to Cuernavaca, where the Zapatistas were strong.
(b) In the Zocalo, the main plaza, in Mexico City.
(c) In San Angel.
(d) In the Coyoacan market.

2. What does Frida label her own work in the Diary?
(a) Retro Impressionism.
(b) Revolutionary Realism.
(c) Feminine Surrealism.
(d) Mexican Realism.

3. What film does Isabel Villasenor participate in?
(a) Surrealistas
(b) Pinto Mi Raya!
(c) Que Viva Mexico!
(d) La Casa Azul

4. What pair of drawings does Frida label "Don't come crying to me!" and "Yes, I come crying to you"?
(a) Drawings of a pot and pan.
(b) Drawings of birds.
(c) Drawings of Diego Rivera and a model working with him.
(d) Drawings of vases.

5. What does Lowe write makes a winged creature "speak to Kahlo's wholly subjective image of herself"?
(a) An artificial leg.
(b) A long Oaxacan skirt.
(c) A trail of blood.
(d) A cast.

6. What did Frida label an image of a pigeon sitting atop a partially human body?
(a) "This pigeon will fly."
(b) "The pigeon headed woman."
(c) "The pigeon made mistakes..."
(d) "100 Ways to Kill a Pigeon."

7. Which of the following does Frida admire, and write about in her diary?
(a) Franchesca, her neighbor.
(b) Juan Farill, her doctor.
(c) Carlos Riviera, Diego's brother.
(d) Francisco Madero, a revolutionary.

8. Who does Frida dedicate two pages to?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Emiliano Zapata.
(c) Leon Trotsky.
(d) Andre Breton.

9. What song lyrics does Frida repeatedly cite in the Diary?
(a) "Life is about love, but dancing is fine."
(b) "Sing and don't cry."
(c) "Tree of hope stand firm."
(d) "No man is an island."

10. Who is Mr. Xolotl?
(a) Frida's name for a kind of tree.
(b) A Mexican ambasador to the U.K.
(c) A dog.
(d) A poet from Coyoacan.

11. What does Lowe argue the final image in Frida's diary is about?
(a) Her departure from this world.
(b) Her wish for healing.
(c) Her love for her husband.
(d) Her desire to communicate with her father who has passed away.

12. Who does Frida write that she is working on a painting for?
(a) Matilde, her mother who has already died.
(b) Maria, her sister.
(c) Juan Farill, her doctor.
(d) A portrait of Diego Rivera, as a birthday present.

13. What does Lowe write to explain the piece The Two Fridas, painted in 1939?
(a) Frida wrote that one of these was the Frida Diego loved, the other was the Frida that Diego once loved.
(b) Frida wrote that one was how Diego would have her be, while the other was who she was.
(c) Frida claimed that one was the Frida that her parents had longed for, the other the Frida who was an artist.
(d) Frida claimed that one was the sick Frida, while the other was the healthy Frida.

14. What number repeats in Frida's diary?
(a) 424.
(b) 379.
(c) 911.
(d) 888.

15. Who is Olinka?
(a) Francisco Madero's wife
(b) Isabel Villasenor's daughter
(c) Maria Izquierdo's daughter
(d) Frida's cousin

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following are among Frida's interests mentioned in the Diary?

2. Who is Isabel Villasenor?

3. Who does Frida refer to with the signature "Yrenaica"?

4. What kind of animal body does Lowe write that Frida painted with her own face (outside of her diary)?

5. What is the last image in Frida's diary?

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