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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) Mysticism.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Suprise.

2. What does Kahlo liken to ink?
(a) Wine.
(b) Blood.
(c) Salsa.
(d) Oil.

3. What obsession does Frida reveal in a long list?
(a) Her obsession with Diego Rivera.
(b) Her obsession with cooking.
(c) Her obsession with Surrealism.
(d) Her obsession with red paint.

4. 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 solar system.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(d) A dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Olmedo that Kahlo refers to in the first few pages of her poem?

2. What did Frida use to create the central images of the icy landscape in her diary?

3. What does Fuentes write happened in September of 1925 that changed Frida's life?

4. Frida created a double portrait surrounded by small images. Which of the following images are close to her face in this portrait?

5. Who does Lowe write does Frida draw in the Diary and use in a painting titled Moses?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Fuentes compare the work of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo?

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

4. On what kind of body does Frida create a two-headed bull figure?

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

6. What is automatic drawing?

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

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

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

10. Frida labels an image "I am DISINTEGRATION." What is happening in that image?

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