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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the mood of Frida's cold weather image?

2. Who is Xipe Totec?

3. What aspect of Rembrandt and Van Gogh's work does Lowe compare to Kahlo's?

4. Which of the following best describes the connection between entries in Frida's diary.

5. How does Frida describe "desire"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is in the image that Frida labels "The Phenomenon Unforseen"?

4. What does Kahlo connect to ink, and why does Lowe write that this is illuminating "with respect to her own creativity"?

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

6. In what ways does Fuentes write that Kahlo mirrors the Revolution in her art?

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

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

9. How does Sarah M. Lowe describe Frida's intentions in creating her Diary? Given Frida's intentions, how does she understand the "act" of reading the Diary?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to the Introductions by Fuentes and Lowe, Frida and Diego's relationship was complex. They both had affairs. They divorced. They remarried. Is there any evidence in Frida's own writing that the relationship was less than ideal? What evidence does she offer about her married life? How do you believe that this shaped her life and her art?

Essay Topic 2

Toward the end of Kahlo's diary, Lowe notes "Kahlo pairs a powerful modern political system -- Communism -- with an ancient, longer-lived regime -- the Aztec empire." In what other ways does she use pre-Columbian words and imagery? What overall effect does this have on her work? How does it effect her identity?

Essay Topic 3

Frida paints her dog, Mr. Xolotl, deer, and other animals in the Diary. What can be said of her depictions of animals? What can be said of her relationship with animals in general? How does this relationship compare with her relationship with other people?

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