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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?
(a) As one of trangression, "charged with an element of voyerurism."
(b) As "an invariably voyeruristic act," which she remarks is often colored by a creul attraction to the suffering of others.
(c) As generally confusing given Kahlo's coded speech, and her frequent use of Surrealist games.
(d) As an act that brings us closer to Kahlo's biography while offering us little or no insight into her work.

3. One of the first images creates in her diary is "connect-the-dots ink drawing." Which of the following figures can be found in the drawing?
(a) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) A dog.
(c) The solar system.
(d) A rainbow.

4. How did Kahlo paint Dorothy Hale?
(a) After a bloody fight.
(b) In her own husband's embrace.
(c) Jumping from a building.
(d) Nude, in a lush landscape.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describe Frida's feeling for her husband?

2. What movement has Frida been associated with?

3. Which of the following best describes the connection between entries in Frida's diary.

4. Who is Xipe Totec?

5. How does Lowe write that the text Kahlo includes in the images in her Diary affect the viewers understanding of the image?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Fuentes write that Kahlo mirrors the Revolution in her art?

2. Describe Frida's appearance, and the importance of her appearance, to Carlos Fuentes.

3. What is in the image that Frida labels "The Phenomenon Unforseen"?

4. In Frida's first string of words, which one is the one that Lowe singles out as the only word with a specific reference?

5. What does Frida write about giving birth?

6. Sarah M. Lowe writes about the acceptance of themes like "birthing or miscarriage" in Western art. How does this relate to Frida?

7. What device does Lowe claim that Frida frequently uses? (She uses this for human forms, roots, and other organic figures.)

8. What figures are included in Frida's "connect-the-dot" drawing?

9. How does Lowe believe that Frida's Diary differs from most artist sketchbooks?

10. How does Lowe describe Frida's relationship with Surrealism?

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