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

2. What pets does Lowe mentioned Frida keeps?
(a) Parrots.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Donkeys.

3. Which of the following qualities does Lowe claim Frida shares with Surrealism?
(a) An interest in the subconscious.
(b) A love of the grotesque.
(c) An interest in romance.
(d) A fascination with pain.

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

5. Frida creates an image of herself falling apart from the top of a column. What does she label this image?
(a) I am disintegration.
(b) The great fall.
(c) The pain is overwhelming.
(d) Where is Diego?

Short Answer Questions

1. What "path" does Lowe write that Frida illuminates in this Diary?

2. In Frida's "portrait of Nefertidos," which cultures does Frida combine?

3. What civilizations does Lowe wright were part of Kahlo's understanding of her "personal past"?

4. In Frida's "Portrait of Neferunico," who does the portrait most resemble?

5. What figures can be found in the image that Frida labeled "Naturaleza bien muerta"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Fuentes characterize foreign invasions of Mexico?

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

5. Who does Kahlo create a double portrait of? What images surround the portrait?

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

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

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

9. How did Kahlo's experiences in the U.S. shape her artistic career?

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

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