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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131 to 155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lowe write "cemented" the association of Frida and Surrealism?
(a) Jose Clemente Orozco.
(b) Andre Breton.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Jose Vasconcelos.

2. What does Lowe write creates an "aura of illness" in one of the illustrations in the Diary?
(a) Images of hospital halls.
(b) The color of dried blood.
(c) The reflection of a doctor's office in Frida's eyes.
(d) Images of decomposing food.

3. Frida creates an image of herself falling apart from the top of a column. What does she label this image?
(a) I am disintegration.
(b) The great fall.
(c) Where is Diego?
(d) The pain is overwhelming.

4. What does Lowe notice about Kahlo's images of nude women?
(a) They are stronger figures than her vulnerable male nudes.
(b) They are all painted in a very different manner from her own nude self-portraits.
(c) They are "virtually never shown as objects of desire."
(d) They are "strewn about in a vulgar manner," and they are "perhaps overly used."

5. Which of the following are among Frida's interests mentioned in the Diary?
(a) Sewing lace.
(b) Baking cakes.
(c) Arrranging flowers.
(d) Making candles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lowe write is associated in pre-Columbian mythology with the right foot?

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

3. Who does Frida credit with the fact that she is "no longer alone"?

4. What song lyrics does Frida repeatedly cite in the Diary?

5. What does Lowe write is a "favorite device" of Frida's?

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