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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frida describe will happen to her leg in her August 1953 entry?
(a) She will paint it in a formal painting.
(b) It will be amputated.
(c) It will be measured so that a special brace can be made.
(d) It will be put in a cast.

2. In one of her entries, Frida imagines herself as a Superwoman. Lowe writes that a few things denote her as a Superwoman. Which of the following does Lowe include as characteristic of Superwoman?
(a) Shiny shoes.
(b) Large breasts.
(c) Her stance on the top of a tall building.
(d) A cape.

3. After writing, "I am no longer alone," who does Frida write that she loves?
(a) Her father.
(b) Diego Rivera.
(c) Mao.
(d) Tina Modoti.

4. What figures share a splattered arm, on the front-side and back-side of a single page?
(a) Juan Faril, Frida's doctor, and herself.
(b) Diego Rivera and an artist named Dr. Atl.
(c) A skeleton and figure labeled "ME?"
(d) A figure labeled "ME" and Diego.

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

6. Who is Miss Capulina?
(a) An artist.
(b) A deer.
(c) A poet.
(d) A dog.

7. What does Kahlo write about the artist Bosch?
(a) The dates and place he lived.
(b) Notes on his use of the "golden section."
(c) Notes on the characters he painted.
(d) The name of his wife, and a brief description of her physical problems.

8. Which of the following is the central image in a page labeled "I love Diego"?
(a) A foggy window.
(b) Her "plaster corset."
(c) An ink spill.
(d) A donkey.

9. What does Lowe write that Frida suffered from in her foot?
(a) Spurs.
(b) Trophic ulcers.
(c) Hammer toe.
(d) Athlete's foot.

10. In the image labeled "SUN," and "MOON," there is a woman labeled "ME?" Which of the following describe this woman?
(a) She has one foot.
(b) She is on fire.
(c) She is drowning.
(d) She has one arm.

11. What do the words "MOON" and "SUN" refer to in the image that places a woman between the two?
(a) The pyramids at Teotihuacan.
(b) Frida's belief that her place was in the center of the cosmos.
(c) A 1952 bestselling book in Mexico.
(d) The so-called "Land of the midnight sun."

12. Which of the following best characterizes the sentiments that Frida expresses in her Diary toward her husband?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Concern.

13. What does Lowe write that a dot within a circle symbolized to the Aztecs?
(a) Eggs, fertility, and birth.
(b) Illness.
(c) Death.
(d) A single unit.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Olinka?

2. What picture does Frida use to create a collage?

3. Who does Frida write "lulls her to sleep"?

4. What does Lowe write that Frida's "primative, ancient animal" creation recalls?

5. Who does Frida dedicate two pages to?

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