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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 landscape image does Frida create in a late entry that Lowe writes is "eerie" and "unlike any [painting] Kahlo had ever made"?
(a) A Mexican plaza with a church.
(b) An angel flying over a row of skyscrapers.
(c) A horse and building.
(d) A San Francisco street.

2. What did Frida label an image of a pigeon sitting atop a partially human body?
(a) "The pigeon headed woman."
(b) "100 Ways to Kill a Pigeon."
(c) "The pigeon made mistakes..."
(d) "This pigeon will fly."

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

4. Frida paints two images of death. The first is labeled "Deaths in a Riot." What is the mood of this image?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Sad.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Frightening.

5. Who is Olinka?
(a) Isabel Villasenor's daughter
(b) Frida's cousin
(c) Francisco Madero's wife
(d) Maria Izquierdo's daughter

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the central image in a page labeled "I love Diego"?

2. What story does Lowe liken Frida's childhood memory to?

3. As the Diary progresses, what does Lowe write that Frida gives an increasing amount of attention to?

4. Which of the following are among Frida's interests mentioned in the Diary?

5. Who does Frida write that she is working on a painting for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which painting does Frida plan in a preliminary sketch in her diary?

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

3. What anniversary does Frida mark with a diary entry?

4. How does Frida place herself in a pre-Columbian setting?

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

6. How does Frida depict skeletons?

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

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

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

10. What is the Eyesaurus.

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