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1. "Portrait of My Father" which depicts Frida's father, was painted when:

a. 10 years after his death
b. Just days before his death
c. On his 45th Birthday
d. 1 year before Frida's death

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2. When Frida died in 1954, she left an unfinished portrait in her studio….a portrait of whom:

a. Carl Marx
b. Stalin
c. Mussolini
d. Hitler

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3. In 1939, The Louvre in Paris, France, purchased which Kahlo painting:

a. Self Portrait with Braid
b. My Birth
c. Two Women
d. Self Portrait - The Frame

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4. Which of the following was Frida's first self-portrait painting:

a. Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress
b. Self Portrait - Time Flies
c. Self Portrait with Monkey
d. Self Portrait with Bonito

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5. The French poet and surrealist André Breton labeled Frida a "Surrealist" after seeing which unfinished painting:

a. The Two Fridas
b. Without Hope
c. The Broken Column
d. What the Water Gave Me

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6. In the painting "A Few Small Nips" Frida painted her sorrow and anger over the affair her husband Diego was having with which woman:

a. Photographer Tina Modotti
b. Frida's younger sister Cristina
c. Actress Maria Felix
e. Diego's ex-wife Lupe Marín

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7. Which of the following paintings is Frida's largest work:

a. The Two Fridas
b. Two Nudes in the Forest
c. Roots
d. Portrait of Frida's Family

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8. Which painting, resembling a skewed version of "The Last Supper" with Frida playing the role of Christ, was displayed in a Moscow art show in the 1950s and then disappeared and its whereabouts are still unknown:

a. Without Hope
b. The Four Inhabitants of Mexico City
c. The Wounded Table
d. Moses

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9. Which of the following paintings is a "Retablo" style painting related to one of Frida's miscarriages:

a. Henry Ford Hospital
b. Memory
c. Me and My Doll
d. My Nurse and I

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10. Which painting is a portrait of Frida's student boyfriend:

a. Portrait of Luther Burbank
b. Portrait of Alejandro Gómez Arias
c. Portrait of Eduardo Morillo Safa
d. Portrait of a Man in Black

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11. This painting was shown at the "Sixth Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists" - the first public showing of her work:

a. Two Women
b. Portrait of Alicia Galant
c. Self Portrait with Curly Hair
d. Frieda and Diego Rivera

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12. At the encouragement of her husband Diego, Frida embarked upon a project to document the major events of her life in a series of paintings. Which of the following was the first in the series:

a. My Nurse and I
b. My Birth
c. My Grandparent, My Parents and Me
d. My Dress Hangs There

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13. For this mural style painting based on a Sigmund Freud book, Frida was awarded second prize at the annual art exhibition in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico:

a. Marxism Will Give Health to the Sick
b. Self Portrait on the Boarder Between Mexico and the United States
c. The Dream
d. Moses

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14. Eight days before she died, Frida added the final touches to this her last painting:

a. Tree of Hope
b. Without Hope
c. Viva la Vida, Watermelons
d. When I Have You Life, How Much I Love You

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15. Frida did NOT paint a portrait of which member of her immediate family:

a. Her Younger Sister Cristina
b. Her Older Sister Adriana
c. Her Mother
d. Her Father

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16. This small oil on tin self-portrait sold at Christie's in New York in November of 2003 for $1,351,500:

a. Self-Portrait with Braid
b. Self-portrait with Curly Hair
c. Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair
d. Self-Portrait with Loose Hair

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17. Near the end of her life, Frida painted what style of paintings:

a. Portraits
b. Landscapes
c. Still Life
d. Retablos

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18. The painting "Diego and Frida 1929 - 1944" was painted to commemorate what event:

a. Diego's 58th Birthday
b. Frida's 40th Birthday
c. Frida & Diego's 15th Wedding Aniversary
d. Frida & Diego's Second Marriage

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19. The painting "Display Window in a Street of Detroit" is actually modeled after a display window that Frida saw in what city:

a. Chicago
b. San Francisco
c. Boston
d. New York

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20. In this "collage" style painting, painted while she was in the United States, Frida depicts an ironic portrait of American capitalism, superficiality and social decay:

a. Self-Portrait on the Boarder Between the United States and Mexico
b. My Dress Hangs There
c. Roots
d. Sun and Life

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