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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. Who is Jose Guadalupe Posada?

2. Which of the following best describe Frida's feeling for her husband?

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

4. Frida created a double portrait surrounded by small images. Which of the following images are close to her face in this portrait?

5. One of the first images creates in her diary is "connect-the-dots ink drawing." Which of the following figures can be found in the drawing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Frida's first string of words, which one is the one that Lowe singles out as the only word with a specific reference?

2. What characterized Frida's "poetry"?

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

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

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

6. How does Fuentes compare the work of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo?

7. Sarah M. Lowe writes about the acceptance of themes like "birthing or miscarriage" in Western art. How does this relate to Frida?

8. Why does Frida claim she was born in 1910?

9. How does Lowe compare Kahlo's diary with "diarists, both men and women [who] have chronicled their lives framed by their times or by particular historical events"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fuentes writes that Frida's physical pain mirrors the traumas of the Mexican nation. Lowe writes that despite the pain that is evident in her diary, her humor and "alegria" show through. What role do you think Frida's pain plays in her Diary? What is the role of pain in her context? Do you think that her pain has anything to do with her country? Her time? What role do you think it plays in her work as a whole? How do you think it has affected acceptance for, or interest in, her work?

Essay Topic 2

How does Frida's work reflect her cultural heritage? In what way is this also reflected, or not reflected, in her personal life?

Essay Topic 3

After Frida's death, her fame grew immensely. Can you identify any of the reasons for her popularity in the Diary itself?

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