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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 painting did Kahlo finish the day after her divorce papers came through?

2. What type of teaching style did Kahlo use?

3. How did Kahlo treat Rivera during their marriage?

4. What did Rivera and Kahlo tell the press was the reason of their divorce?

5. Who did Rivera fall in love with and even thought about leaving Kahlo for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Frida become as her illness worsened?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Frida's painting, My Nurse and I, represent?

8. How did Rivera and Frida fall away from the Trotskites?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frida dealt with lots of physical pain in her life but she also had emotional pain as well. Explore the theme of loss throughout the biography and how Frida used her strength to overcome those losses. How was Frida affected by the loss of her baby in Chapter 10? What did Frida do to help express her feelings after her miscarriage? How many days did Frida spend in the hospital? How did Frida deal with the death of her mother so soon after her miscarriage? How did Rivera help Frida to deal with her pain?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the biography of Frida Kahlo, she struggled tremendously with her health, suffering through her pain. However, she always managed to endure and persevere with her amazing paintings that inspire others. Examine the theme of determination throughout the biography of Frida Kahlo. What is the definition of determination? How did Frida show her determination in Chapter 23 when she was honored at an art exhibit in Mexico? How did Frida show her determination even as a small child? Besides her determination about beating her physical pain, where else in Frida's life did she show determination?

Essay Topic 3

After Frida and Rivera were married, Frida spent a great deal of time learning how to be a wife to Rivera. Research Mexican traditions and examine what Frida did in Chapter 8 to strive and meet those standards in her marriage. What traits were important for a traditional Mexican wife? What did Frida's mother try to instill in her daughters so they could be proper wives and mothers? How did Rivera feel about Frida being a proper traditional Mexican wife? What did Frida strive to do after she married Rivera? Did she stop painting?

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