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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After writing, "I am no longer alone," who does Frida write that she loves?
(a) Mao.
(b) Her father.
(c) Diego Rivera.
(d) Tina Modoti.

2. What is the name of the monstrous creature that Frida paints in green, wrapped with red ribbons?
(a) A "Boogie Man," called "El coco" in Spanish.
(b) An "Ooglersaurus."
(c) An "Eyesaurus."
(d) The ghost of a dead child.

3. Who is Miss Capulina?
(a) A deer.
(b) A poet.
(c) An artist.
(d) A dog.

4. Who is Mr. Xolotl?
(a) A dog.
(b) A poet from Coyoacan.
(c) Frida's name for a kind of tree.
(d) A Mexican ambasador to the U.K.

5. Who does Frida refer to with the signature "Yrenaica"?
(a) Irene, a former assistant and lover to Diego Rivera.
(b) Yvette, a teacher from her childhood.
(c) Irene, assistant to the President of Mexico.
(d) Yvette, her doctor's assistant.

6. Who does Frida write that she is working on a painting for?
(a) A portrait of Diego Rivera, as a birthday present.
(b) Juan Farill, her doctor.
(c) Matilde, her mother who has already died.
(d) Maria, her sister.

7. Who does Frida write that she would like to serve as a "craftswoman"?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The Communist party.
(c) The president of her country.
(d) Her local market.

8. In the image where Frida paints "an angel and putto," what does Lowe write that Frida creates instead of stars?
(a) Spermatozoa.
(b) Star fish.
(c) Cells.
(d) Ants.

9. What does Frida write is "the only true reason to live for"?
(a) The revolution.
(b) To enjoy secret love.
(c) To paint.
(d) Learning.

10. 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) A way of breeding monkeys.
(c) 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.
(d) Part of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.

11. What does Frida write over and over, in bubbles surrounding an angel?
(a) Love.
(b) Harmony.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Pain.

12. What does Frida write is the most precious thing?
(a) Leisure.
(b) Love.
(c) Light.
(d) Laughter.

13. Who is Olinka?
(a) Francisco Madero's wife
(b) Maria Izquierdo's daughter
(c) Frida's cousin
(d) Isabel Villasenor's daughter

14. What does Lowe write that it means when she paints her right foot?
(a) It is a comical referrence to Diego Rivera's delicate painting of women's feet.
(b) This foot brought her pain, so she may have been focused on pain.
(c) The foot was a Toltec symbol.
(d) It is a reflection on her childhood illness that affected this foot.

15. What does Lowe write that Citlali means?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Star.
(c) Death.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frida equate with being alive?

3. What is the last image in Frida's diary?

4. Who is in the image labeled "What a dish!"?

5. What did Frida label an image of a pigeon sitting atop a partially human body?

(see the answer keys)

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