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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 Lowe argue the final image in Frida's diary is about?

2. What violent event does Frida recall from her childhood in an entry that describes her early life?

3. What pair of drawings does Frida label "Don't come crying to me!" and "Yes, I come crying to you"?

4. Who does Frida refer to with the signature "Yrenaica"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frida describe Communism and its leaders?

2. What doctor does Frida make reference to?

3. How does Frida depict skeletons?

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

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

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

7. How does Frida remember Isabel Villasenor?

8. What does Frida write about Stalin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Sarah M. Lowe writes that the Diary documents Frida's physical decline. Do you agree or disagree? What evidence can you find in the Diary itself? What other trends can we see in the Diary entries over time?

Essay Topic 3

How does Kahlo's early interest in physiology and biology affect her art? What does Lowe write is her most common biological and botanical metaphor? How do you see this used throughout the Diary?

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