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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer 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?

2. Who is Mr. Xolotl?

3. What does Lowe write that Frida's "primative, ancient animal" creation recalls?

4. After writing, "I am no longer alone," who does Frida write that she loves?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What doctor does Frida make reference to?

2. How does Frida alter an erotic photo of a woman?

3. Frida uses the signature Sadja. What does this mean?

4. Describe the two vases that Frida depicts crying.

5. What interest does Frida show in art technique and tradition?

6. How does Frida place herself in a pre-Columbian setting?

7. What is the Eyesaurus.

8. Which painting does Frida plan in a preliminary sketch in her diary?

9. How does Frida describe the United States and England?

10. What does Frida pair with Communist symbols?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For Carlos Fuentes, Frida has three principal external sources -- her father, Guillermo Kahlo, and his photographic work, Mexican retablos, and the work of Jose Guadalupe Posadas. While these are important sources, he writes "she is capable of coming back to her original sources and transforming them." Which of these influences do you believe are the most important in her work? What influences can you find in the pages that she created in her own diary?

Essay Topic 2

Lowe compares the reception of Frida's self-portraits (sometimes thought "excessively personal and self-referential") to those of Rembrant and VanGogh (who, she claims, express sentiments "considered applicable to all of 'mankind'"). Explain whether or not you believe that Frida's artistic expression is something that could be universally understood.

Essay Topic 3

Fuentes writes that Frida was a member of the Communist party from an early age, but that her "politics, such as they were, could not be separated from the personality and the actions of Diego Rivera." Lowe writes that she understood Communism in a religious way. Based on both the text and images in her Diary, how do you think that Frida understood Communism?

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