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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 write is "the only true reason to live for"?

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

3. Which of the following does Frida mention multiple times in the Diary?

4. Which two political systems does Lowe note that Frida pairs?

5. What does Frida signal in an image in which arrows point at her naked body?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Frida creates a winged figure, and writes about Diego. What does she write about Diego in this entry?

9. How does Frida describe Communism and its leaders?

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

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 3

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

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