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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. Which of the following does Frida admire, and write about in her diary?
(a) Francisco Madero, a revolutionary.
(b) Juan Farill, her doctor.
(c) Franchesca, her neighbor.
(d) Carlos Riviera, Diego's brother.

2. What does Frida draw hanging from a clothesline?
(a) Women in long dresses.
(b) Men.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Bright lights.

3. What figure does Lowe believe is depicted in flames in Frida's image labeled "Footprints and sunprints"?
(a) A burning building.
(b) A burnt cast.
(c) A barbecue.
(d) A phoenix.

4. Which of the following is the central image in a page labeled "I love Diego"?
(a) An ink spill.
(b) A foggy window.
(c) Her "plaster corset."
(d) A donkey.

5. Which of the following does Frida include in her final written entry in the Diary?
(a) "I sense that the end is near -- it is magic."
(b) "Art has been the greatest thing of my life."
(c) "I hope the leaving is joyful -- and I hope never to return."
(d) "Death will be the greatest miracle of my life. An end to the suffering."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Frida write over an image of a foot?

2. Why does Frida create a list of things she is thankful for?

3. What does Frida describe as "the harmony of form and color"?

4. Where does Frida sit in an image of her holding Diego Rivera as her child?

5. Who is Mr. Xolotl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frida write about her leg?

2. What childhood memory does Frida describe, and could be seen as the origins of The Two Fridas?

3. How does Frida depict skeletons?

4. What image does Frida create with the word "sleep"?

5. What image does Lowe write that Frida paints from "a worm's-eye view"?

6. How does Frida categorize her art?

7. What does Frida pair with Communist symbols?

8. Describe the two vases that Frida depicts crying.

9. How does Frida describe the United States and England?

10. How does Frida describe life after her leg is amputated?

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