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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 58 to 83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Frida created a double portrait surrounded by small images. Which of the following images are close to her face in this portrait?
(a) A Chinese yin-yang sign.
(b) An Egyptian pyramid.
(c) Saturn.
(d) A faithful copy of the Mexico City's National Palace bell.

2. What does "Xpcolatl" mean in Nahuatl?
(a) Paint.
(b) Corn.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Roots.

3. Who does Lowe write does Frida draw in the Diary and use in a painting titled Moses?
(a) Andre Breton.
(b) Nefertiti.
(c) Engles.
(d) Moses.

4. Who does Frida address an eight page letter to in the Diary?
(a) Her father, though he died years earlier.
(b) Her sister, Matilda.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Jose Clemente Orozco.

5. Which of the following subjects does Frida mention in a letter to her husband in the Diary?
(a) Dollhouses.
(b) Food.
(c) Color.
(d) The Day of the Dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What obsession does Frida reveal in a long list?

2. What significance does the figure of a foot have to Frida?

3. Who is Xipe Totec?

4. What are the carpas that Fuentes describes?

5. What does Lowe write happened in Kahlo's life just before beginning the Diary?

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