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

2. What type of relationships did Kahlo begin to explore that Rivera looked upon favorably?

3. How was Kahlo's affair in Chapter 13 discovered?

4. Why did Kahlo move out of the people's home she was staying with in Paris and into her own apartment?

5. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that she says has special importance to her in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What affair of Rivera's particularly affected Frida in Chapter 21?

3. How did Frida's painting career begin to take off in Chapter 19?

4. Where was Frida invited to teach and what was her teaching style?

5. What painting did Kahlo create the day her divorce papers came through, and what did it represent?

6. What did Frida's painting, The Little Deer represent?

7. How did Rivera and Frida's friends describe their marriage in Chapter 21?

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

9. Despite Frida's declining heath, how did she attend an art exhibit honoring her in 1953?

10. What did Rivera and Frida tell the press was the reason for their divorce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapters 9 and 10, Frida and Rivera traveled to America for Rivera's exhibitions. They both had different views on America. Explore Frida and Rivera's experiences in America, comparing and contrasting the two. Why did Frida and Rivera travel to America in Chapter 9? How did Rivera feel about America versus Frida? What was the first city that they stayed in? What did Frida say the American people looked like? Who did Frida meet of great importance while in America?

Essay Topic 2

Until the time of her death, Frida's life would be a struggle against death and decay after the bus accident. Explore what role pain and suffering represent in Frida's life. How did Frida changed after the bus accident? How did Frida reflect her pain into her paintings? How did Frida demonstrate her strong will to her friends and family? How did Frida's pain compare both physically and personally? How did her pain make her a stronger person in life?

Essay Topic 3

While Rivera was working on his mural in New York, the environment became hostile. His mural was being called hostile because he wanted to pain the head of Lenin and balance it with the head of Abraham Lincoln. Evaluate the differences between communism and capitalism, two movements that were mentioned in the biography. What is communism? What is capitalism? What would Mexico and America be considered at that time? Why wouldn't a communist painting be appreciated in America? Why was Rivera for communism? What was Frida in support of?

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