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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131 to 155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What exercise does Frida do with colored pencils in the Diary?
(a) She free associates with each color.
(b) She creates patterns with each color.
(c) She creates a unique doodle with each color.
(d) She compares her use of the color with that of an artist friend.

2. Who does Frida dedicate two pages to?
(a) Andre Breton.
(b) Emiliano Zapata.
(c) Leon Trotsky.
(d) Diego Rivera.

3. How does Lowe write that Frida's understanding of Communism changes?
(a) It becomes more like a religious faith.
(b) She connects it to her hatred of the U.S.
(c) Frida becomes more and more interested in the local politics of the Communist party.
(d) Frida's understanding is based on what Diego Rivera teaches her.

4. What kind of animal body does Lowe write that Frida painted with her own face (outside of her diary)?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bear.
(c) A deer.
(d) A dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Xipe Totec?

2. What is a retablo?

3. What does the use of the "third eye" signify in the "Portrait of Neferunico"?

4. What number repeats in Frida's diary?

5. In a double (or triple) portrait, that Lowe writes recalls The Two Fridas, which of the following does Lowe write that Kahlo illustrates?

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