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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Frida describe as "the harmony of form and color"?
(a) Love.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Human biological functions.

5. Which of the following is a recurring figure in the Diary?
(a) Animal feet.
(b) Water.
(c) Wings.
(d) Fire.

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

7. What signature does Frida use several times in the Diary?
(a) Mrs. K. de Rivera.
(b) Cuatlicue.
(c) Sadja.
(d) The Little Frida.

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

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

10. What story does Lowe liken Frida's childhood memory to?
(a) A small story (in a single panel) of Diego Rivera's History of Mexico mural.
(b) Lewis Caroll's Alice.
(c) An Aztec birth myth.
(d) A German tale her father may have shared with her.

11. Who does Frida credit with the fact that she is "no longer alone"?
(a) Marx and Engles.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Pain medication.

12. 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) A 1952 bestselling book in Mexico.
(c) Frida's belief that her place was in the center of the cosmos.
(d) The so-called "Land of the midnight sun."

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

14. Why does Lowe believe Frida can paint her own death?
(a) She faced it frequently.
(b) She has already said goodbye to her loved ones.
(c) She hopes it is pleasant.
(d) She plans her own death.

15. 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) Large breasts.
(b) A cape.
(c) Her stance on the top of a tall building.
(d) Shiny shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Frida claim was her best example of tenderness as a youth?

2. What does Lowe write that Frida suffered from in her foot?

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

4. Who is Isabel Villasenor?

5. What does Lowe write makes a winged creature "speak to Kahlo's wholly subjective image of herself"?

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