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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. How does Lowe write that Frida feels about Nefertiti?
(a) She wants to learn mroe about heer.
(b) She wishes she were as famous.
(c) She identifies with her.
(d) She admires her power.

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

3. Where does Lowe write that Frida's work was first taken seriously (where she "made a decisive shift from amateur to professional painter")?
(a) In Germany.
(b) In the United States.
(c) On a trip to Puerto Rico.
(d) In Mexico City, where Ines Amor organized an important exhibit.

4. What does Lowe claims motivate Kahlo's writing the Diary?
(a) "Understanding her complicated romantic life."
(b) "Drafting what would later become formal paintings."
(c) "Negotiating her relationship to her self."
(d) "Doodling when she was in too much pain to paint formally."

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 frequently describe what is happening in the image, as in a retablo.
(b) For the most part, they are quotes from books.
(c) They do not illuminate the meaning, but add to their complexity.
(d) They generally are unrelated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What civilizations does Lowe wright were part of Kahlo's understanding of her "personal past"?

2. Who does Lowe write "cemented" the association of Frida and Surrealism?

3. What year does Fuentes write that the Mexican Revolution began?

4. What exercise does Frida do with colored pencils in the Diary?

5. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?

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