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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Kahlo disguise her artificial body part?
(a) By wearing gloves.
(b) By wearing flowing skirts.
(c) By wearing long sleeved shirts.
(d) By wearing boots.

2. Whose children came to represent family for Kahlo since she couldn't have children of her own?
(a) Calista's.
(b) Maria's.
(c) Cristina's.
(d) Matilde's.

3. What did Kahlo claim that she never knew she was until it was put upon her in Paris?
(a) Being an Anarchist.
(b) Being an Impressionist.
(c) Being a Resistance fighter.
(d) Being a Surrealist.

4. How did the students that Kahlo taught feel about her?
(a) They adored her.
(b) They were scared of her.
(c) They hated her.
(d) They mocked her.

5. Since she couldn't spend all day alone, who did Kahlo visit with for entertainment while in Paris?
(a) Marcel Duchamp.
(b) Natalia Trotsky.
(c) Andre Breton.
(d) Jacqueline Breton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Kahlo stay with while she was in Paris?

2. How did Kahlo change after Rivera's affair became public?

3. In Chapter 19, in what type of show did Kahlo participate?

4. What did Kahlo receive that helped her to get over the loss of her body part?

5. What movement began to lose popularity in the 1940's, and Kahlo resisted being associated with a dying trend?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1950, Frida became very ill and remained in the hospital for over a year; how did she decorate her room?

2. How was Rivera's affair with sculptor Isamu Noguchi revealed?

3. What did Frida do to herself one month after her divorce with Rivera became final?

4. Which students continued to work with Frida even after she started teaching from home?

5. Why did Frida have her leg amputated, and how did it affect her?

6. How was Frida's approach to Surrealism different than European Surrealists?

7. What did Frida write in her diary just days before her death?

8. In Chapter 13, how was Frida and Rivera's relationship symbolized by the house that they lived in?

9. What did the success of Rivera and Frida's marriage depend upon?

10. Why didn''t Surrealism catch on in Mexico?

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