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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. What does Frida label her own work in the Diary?

2. In the image labeled "SUN," and "MOON," there is a woman labeled "ME?" Which of the following describe this woman?

3. What does Lowe write makes a winged creature "speak to Kahlo's wholly subjective image of herself"?

4. What does Frida write is "the only true reason to live for"?

5. Which of the following does Frida include in her final written entry in the Diary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frida write about the painter Hieronymus Bosh?

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

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

4. In what image does Frida draw a pigeon?

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

6. What does Frida write about Stalin?

7. How does Frida describe Communism and its leaders?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fuentes writes that Frida was a member of the Communist party from an early age, but that her "politics, such as they were, could not be separated from the personality and the actions of Diego Rivera." Lowe writes that she understood Communism in a religious way. Based on both the text and images in her Diary, how do you think that Frida understood Communism?

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

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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