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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 Fuentes compare the bloodshed of the Mexican Revolution and the "executions ordered by Hitler and Stalin"?
(a) As "on par."
(b) As "globally less important."
(c) As "small beer."
(d) As "more frequently over looked by historians, but no less important."

2. How does Lowe write that students remembered Frida?
(a) Full of vulgarity.
(b) Always interested in romance.
(c) Full of vitality.
(d) Always curious about life.

3. Who is Jose Guadalupe Posada?
(a) Frida's first husband.
(b) A rebvolutionary leader.
(c) A priest.
(d) A graphic artist.

4. What "path" does Lowe write that Frida illuminates in this Diary?
(a) "The path of a consummate artist."
(b) "The path toward love."
(c) "The artist's path."
(d) "The path toward death."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the Mexican Revolution, what culture does Fuentes write influenced Mexico and Latin America?

2. What does Fuentes write that Frida experienced in a painting she created for the American Clare Booth Luce (which other Mexican artists also experienced when selling art to Americans)?

3. Lowe quotes Kahlo as writing that anguish and pain were both which of the following?

4. What kinds of metaphors does Lowe write that Frida made frequent use of?

5. How did Kahlo paint Dorothy Hale?

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