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

2. What writing reveals that, as Lowe writes, "Kahlo came to her senses"?
(a) Her statement "I am responsible for myself."
(b) Her writing that Diego "belongs to himself."
(c) Her statement that "he has brought me more pain than joy."
(d) Her writing "my body will not give out unless my spirit dims."

3. Which of the following subjects does Frida mention in a letter to her husband in the Diary?
(a) The Day of the Dead.
(b) Dollhouses.
(c) Food.
(d) Color.

4. What animals does Frida paint playing with string?
(a) Cats.
(b) Bulls.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Birds.

5. Which of the following techniques does Lowe write that Kahlo used?
(a) Ink spills.
(b) Random scratching to the paper.
(c) Wax spills.
(d) "Automatic," or free association games with human and animal body parts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frida describe "desire"?

2. What does the use of the "third eye" signify in the "Portrait of Neferunico"?

3. How does Lowe describe Frida's planning of the paintings in her Diary?

4. What style does Fuentes claim was "in tune with the tastes of the Mexican elite" around the turn of the century?

5. What does Fuentes cite Virgina Woolf as writing on pain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What characterized Frida's "poetry"?

4. What are some of the external sources that Fuentes finds for Kahlo's art?

5. What does Frida write about giving birth?

6. In what ways does Fuentes describe Mexico City of Frida's time as different from Mexico City today?

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

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

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

10. How does Sarah M. Lowe describe Frida's intentions in creating her Diary? Given Frida's intentions, how does she understand the "act" of reading the Diary?

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