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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 the Coyoacan market.
(d) In San Angel.

2. Which of the following are among Frida's interests mentioned in the Diary?
(a) Arrranging flowers.
(b) Sewing lace.
(c) Making candles.
(d) Baking cakes.

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

4. Who does Frida refer to with the signature "Yrenaica"?
(a) Irene, assistant to the President of Mexico.
(b) Yvette, a teacher from her childhood.
(c) Irene, a former assistant and lover to Diego Rivera.
(d) Yvette, her doctor's assistant.

5. What does Frida paint as burning?
(a) A school.
(b) A howling dog.
(c) A skyscraper.
(d) A casket.

6. As the Diary progresses, what does Lowe write that Frida gives an increasing amount of attention to?
(a) Her family history.
(b) Communism.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) Diego Rivera.

7. Who did Frida give a painting to that she dated November 7, 1946?
(a) Leon Trotsky.
(b) Maria Izquierdo.
(c) Remedios Varo.
(d) Diego Rivera.

8. What does Frida equate with being alive?
(a) Making her husband's favorite soup.
(b) Painting with oil paints.
(c) Being part of the Revolution.
(d) Having children.

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

10. Frida creates two images of death. One includes roots that above ground turn to flames. Which of the following best describes the mood of the image?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Fun.
(d) Humorous.

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

12. Which two political systems does Lowe note that Frida pairs?
(a) Mayan and Aztec.
(b) Communist and Argentine.
(c) Aztec and the ruling political party in Colombia.
(d) Aztec and Communist.

13. What landscape image does Frida create in a late entry that Lowe writes is "eerie" and "unlike any [painting] Kahlo had ever made"?
(a) A San Francisco street.
(b) An angel flying over a row of skyscrapers.
(c) A horse and building.
(d) A Mexican plaza with a church.

14. What does Frida signal in an image in which arrows point at her naked body?
(a) Painful areas.
(b) Places where she can combine her body with an animal body.
(c) Sites of surgeries.
(d) Points that she writes "Diego once loved."

15. To what does Lowe attribute Frida's "loose" handwriting in 1947?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Depression.
(c) Anger.
(d) Pain killers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frida write "is the most ridiculous thing 'man' has"?

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

3. What does Frida write is "the only true reason to live for"?

4. In 1944, Lowe writes that Kahlo painted herself with someone else, merged into a single head. Who was this?

5. What does Frida draw hanging from a clothesline?

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