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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essay by Sarah M. Lowe.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Fuentes characterize the kinds of escapes from reality Andre Breton "was legislating as law" in France compared to Latin America?
(a) As "small beer, comparatively speaking."
(b) As "unlikely to ever take hold."
(c) As "needlessly ritualistic."
(d) As "the law of life."

3. What part of Mexico does Fuentes compare to Frida's body?
(a) It's art.
(b) It's wounds.
(c) It's wars.
(d) It's music.

4. How did Kahlo paint Dorothy Hale?
(a) Nude, in a lush landscape.
(b) In her own husband's embrace.
(c) Jumping from a building.
(d) After a bloody fight.

5. How does Lowe write that the text Kahlo includes in the images in her Diary affect the viewers understanding of the image?
(a) They generally are unrelated.
(b) They do not illuminate the meaning, but add to their complexity.
(c) For the most part, they are quotes from books.
(d) They frequently describe what is happening in the image, as in a retablo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describe Lowe's tone in her writing about Kahlo?

2. How does Lowe describe Kahlo as a reader?

3. What does Lowe argue is Frida's overall feeling toward life?

4. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?

5. What does Fuentes write happened in September of 1925 that changed Frida's life?

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