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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. Who did Frida write many letters to in the Diary?
(a) Dolores Olmedo.
(b) Ana Kahlo, her sister.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Juan Olmedo, her doctor.

2. Which of the following best describe Frida's feeling for her husband?
(a) Respect.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Anger.
(d) Devotion.

3. Which of the following describe the mood of Frida's depiction of her animals.
(a) Humorous.
(b) Sadistic.
(c) Playful.
(d) Mournful.

4. Where does Lowe write that Frida's work was first taken seriously (where she "made a decisive shift from amateur to professional painter")?
(a) In Germany.
(b) In the United States.
(c) In Mexico City, where Ines Amor organized an important exhibit.
(d) On a trip to Puerto Rico.

5. What does Lowe write that Surrealists believed "automatic drawing" was useful for?
(a) Accessing the subconscious.
(b) Party games.
(c) Creating new ways of looking at things.
(d) Finding surprising combinations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frida label her cold climate image?

2. As Frida's health declined, what does Lowe claim she painted more and more of?

3. What does Lowe claim was the guiding principal behind Surrealism?

4. What animals does Frida paint playing with string?

5. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lowe claim that Frida included a bride in her painting The Bride Who Becomes Frightened When She Sees Life Open?

4. What physical changes does Lowe write that the Diary documented?

5. How does Fuentes describe the relationship between Kahlo's art and Surrealism?

6. Who does Kahlo write a "melancholy" letter to in her Diary?

7. Why does Frida claim she was born in 1910?

8. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning process for the images in the Diary?

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

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

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