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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of her entries, Frida imagines herself as a Superwoman. Lowe writes that a few things denote her as a Superwoman. Which of the following does Lowe include as characteristic of Superwoman?
(a) Large breasts.
(b) Her stance on the top of a tall building.
(c) Shiny shoes.
(d) A cape.

2. Which of the following best characterizes the sentiments that Frida expresses in her Diary toward her husband?
(a) Concern.
(b) Love.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

3. Which of the following does Frida admire, and write about in her diary?
(a) Juan Farill, her doctor.
(b) Francisco Madero, a revolutionary.
(c) Carlos Riviera, Diego's brother.
(d) Franchesca, her neighbor.

4. Which two political systems does Lowe note that Frida pairs?
(a) Mayan and Aztec.
(b) Aztec and the ruling political party in Colombia.
(c) Aztec and Communist.
(d) Communist and Argentine.

5. What does Frida describe will happen to her leg in her August 1953 entry?
(a) It will be measured so that a special brace can be made.
(b) It will be put in a cast.
(c) It will be amputated.
(d) She will paint it in a formal painting.

6. What is the first thing Frida mentions as having passed between 1950 and 1951?
(a) Diego Rivera opens his museum.
(b) The presidential elections.
(c) Her father dies.
(d) She has 7 surgeries.

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

8. In an image labeled "Dog," where does Frida place the dog?
(a) Jumping at the sight of a firework.
(b) In her garden.
(c) Swimming in a pond.
(d) Around a man's neck.

9. What does Frida draw hanging from a clothesline?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Men.
(c) Bright lights.
(d) Women in long dresses.

10. What does Frida write next to the image of a disembodied hand (which Lowe writes is likely Rivera's) caressing an unspecified object?
(a) She praises his tenderness with Mexican sculpture.
(b) She praises his love of food.
(c) She praises his tenderness with women.
(d) She praises his interest in her pets.

11. Who does Frida credit with the fact that she is "no longer alone"?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Pain medication.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Marx and Engles.

12. Who did Frida give a painting to that she dated November 7, 1946?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Leon Trotsky.
(c) Remedios Varo.
(d) Maria Izquierdo.

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

14. What does Lowe write to explain the piece The Two Fridas, painted in 1939?
(a) Frida claimed that one was the sick Frida, while the other was the healthy Frida.
(b) Frida wrote that one was how Diego would have her be, while the other was who she was.
(c) Frida claimed that one was the Frida that her parents had longed for, the other the Frida who was an artist.
(d) Frida wrote that one of these was the Frida Diego loved, the other was the Frida that Diego once loved.

15. Who does Frida write "lulls her to sleep"?
(a) Pain medication.
(b) Diego Rivera.
(c) Marx and Engles.
(d) Mozart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the image where Frida paints "an angel and putto," what does Lowe write that Frida creates instead of stars?

2. What song lyrics does Frida repeatedly cite in the Diary?

3. Why does Frida create a list of things she is thankful for?

4. What does Lowe write is associated in pre-Columbian mythology with the right foot?

5. Who does Frida write that she would like to serve as a "craftswoman"?

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