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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. What kinds of metaphors does Lowe write that Frida made frequent use of?
(a) Clouds and water.
(b) Veins and roots.
(c) Sexual metaphors.
(d) Leaves and branches.

2. Who did Frida write many letters to in the Diary?
(a) Juan Olmedo, her doctor.
(b) Diego Rivera.
(c) Ana Kahlo, her sister.
(d) Dolores Olmedo.

3. What does the use of the "third eye" signify in the "Portrait of Neferunico"?
(a) "Her connection to India."
(b) "Her love of foreign things."
(c) "Her interest in unusual biological forms."
(d) "The power of her intuitive insight."

4. What Tiffany art object does Carlos Fuentes describe?
(a) A beautiful lamp shade.
(b) A glass curtain.
(c) A diamond studded leash.
(d) Frida's earrings.

5. Who does Fuentes write is like Frida, "hiding her tortured body"?
(a) A broken Cleopatra.
(b) The Virgin of Guadalupe.
(c) Adelitas, women involved in the Mexican Revolution.
(d) Maria Izquierdo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Xipe Totec?

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

3. One of the first images creates in her diary is "connect-the-dots ink drawing." Which of the following figures can be found in the drawing?

4. How does Lowe explain that reading the Diary may affect our viewing of Kahlo's paintings?

5. What line of work was Frida's father in?

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