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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 33 to 57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describe Lowe's tone in her writing about Kahlo?
(a) Concern for her physical problems.
(b) Respect and admiration.
(c) Neutral.
(d) Disrespect for her political simplicity.

2. What is a retablo?
(a) A revolutionary song used to spread news.
(b) A painting.
(c) A colonial style table.
(d) A kind of poem.

3. What style does Fuentes claim was "in tune with the tastes of the Mexican elite" around the turn of the century?
(a) A surrealist style that influenced architecture at the time.
(b) A German born style emphasizing contrast.
(c) An Italian ornate style.
(d) An indigenous geometric style.

4. How does Lowe describe the act of reading Kahlo's diary?
(a) As one of trangression, "charged with an element of voyerurism."
(b) As an act that brings us closer to Kahlo's biography while offering us little or no insight into her work.
(c) As "an invariably voyeruristic act," which she remarks is often colored by a creul attraction to the suffering of others.
(d) As generally confusing given Kahlo's coded speech, and her frequent use of Surrealist games.

5. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?
(a) She was competitive with women artists.
(b) Some were consumated, while others were not.
(c) She felt competition with women because her husband was romantically interested in her female friends.
(d) She was constantly seeking female friends to discuss her marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fuentes write is like Frida, "hiding her tortured body"?

2. Who does Lowe write does Frida draw in the Diary and use in a painting titled Moses?

3. What is depicted on the first painted page of Frida's Diary?

4. What object in one of her paintings is explained in Kahlo's letter to Lamba?

5. How does Lowe write that Frida feels about Nefertiti?

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