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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 156 to 183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "golden section," which Frida writes of as the "seccion de oro"?
(a) An equation that is "thought to be inherently harmonic."
(b) Part of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.
(c) A way of breeding monkeys.
(d) It is the way in which the golden rule, or "being as kind to others as you would like them to be to you," is described in Mexico.

2. Who does Fuentes quote as having called pain "Dog"?
(a) Neitzsche.
(b) Marx.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Engles.

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

4. What figures are included in the image Frida labels "DEATH IN A RIOT"?
(a) Food stands.
(b) Skeletons.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cacti.

5. Who is in the image labeled "What a dish!"?
(a) An unknown young woman.
(b) Diego Rivera.
(c) Frida.
(d) Emiliano Zapata, a revolutionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frida's students note about Frida's Spanish?

2. Why does Lowe believe Frida can paint her own death?

3. What Tiffany art object does Carlos Fuentes describe?

4. Who does Lowe write does Frida draw in the Diary and use in a painting titled Moses?

5. As her health began to decline, what kinds of images did Frida create fewer of?

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