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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 signature does Frida use several times in the Diary?
(a) Cuatlicue.
(b) The Little Frida.
(c) Mrs. K. de Rivera.
(d) Sadja.

2. Who is Mr. Xolotl?
(a) A dog.
(b) Frida's name for a kind of tree.
(c) A poet from Coyoacan.
(d) A Mexican ambasador to the U.K.

3. What does Frida write is "the only true reason to live for"?
(a) The revolution.
(b) To paint.
(c) To enjoy secret love.
(d) Learning.

4. In the image where Frida paints "an angel and putto," what does Lowe write that Frida creates instead of stars?
(a) Spermatozoa.
(b) Cells.
(c) Ants.
(d) Star fish.

5. What does Lowe write makes a winged creature "speak to Kahlo's wholly subjective image of herself"?
(a) A cast.
(b) A long Oaxacan skirt.
(c) An artificial leg.
(d) A trail of blood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Isabel Villasenor?

3. What figure does Lowe believe is depicted in flames in Frida's image labeled "Footprints and sunprints"?

4. What number repeats in Frida's diary?

5. Where does Frida describe meeting an imaginary friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do arrows denote in Frida's only nude, full-length self-portrait?

2. What significance does the number 379 have to Frida?

3. How does Frida describe her early life in her "Outline of my life"?

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

5. How does Frida depict skeletons?

6. Frida uses the signature Sadja. What does this mean?

7. What does Frida pair with Communist symbols?

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

9. What interest does Frida show in art technique and tradition?

10. Why does Frida draw her right foot?

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