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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 did Frida give a painting to that she dated November 7, 1946?

2. What figures share a splattered arm, on the front-side and back-side of a single page?

3. What does Lowe write to explain the piece The Two Fridas, painted in 1939?

4. Why does Lowe believe Frida can paint her own death?

5. Which of the following does Frida admire, and write about in her diary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Frida pair with Communist symbols?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What doctor does Frida make reference to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Images of Diego Rivera and letters to him are included in the Diary. How would you characterize his inclusion in the Diary? How would you describe his relationship with Frida based on Frida's entries? How would you describe their relationship based on Fuentes' and Lowe's writings?

Essay Topic 2

Lowe compares the reception of Frida's self-portraits (sometimes thought "excessively personal and self-referential") to those of Rembrant and VanGogh (who, she claims, express sentiments "considered applicable to all of 'mankind'"). Explain whether or not you believe that Frida's artistic expression is something that could be universally understood.

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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