Frida Kahlo

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope: tend to challenge4% picked this

   The psychoanalytic interpretations of Kahlo’s work tend to challenge the

   Nothing in the first paragraph is saying that the psychoanalytic interpretations conflict with the political ones. The author seems to think that Kahlo was doing personal stuff and political stuff, so he would probably think that the psychoanalytic and political interpretations complement each other in giving us the correct well-rounded picture of Kahlo's work.

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2. B

   Correct76% picked this

   Political and psychoanalytic interpretations are complementary approaches to

   Why this is right

   This is supported by the 2nd and 3rd sentences of the passage. The author acknowledges the psychological component of Kahlo's work (they suggest much personal and emotional content, and include many self-portraits), and then he says an overlooked aspect of her work is the political dimension. Since the author thinks that Kahlo's work has both personal content and political content, we would presumably think that the author believes that to get a complete understanding of Kahlo's work, you would want to understand the personal aspects and the political aspects. Thus they complement each other.

   Skill tested: Author Opinion · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

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3. C

   Out of Scope: causing revisions3% picked this

   Recent political interpretations of Kahlo’ s work are causing psychoanalytic critics to revise

   Just like (A), this suggests that psychoanalytic and political interpretations are in conflict with each other, but the passage never suggests such a thing. He just says, "We have tons of interpretations that study the psychological components of her work, but an under-appreciated part of her work is the political stuff."

   3%
4. D

   Too Strong: doesn't use biography11% picked this

   Unlike the political interpretations, the psychoanalytic interpretations make use of biographical facts

   This is claiming that political interpretations don't make use of any biographical facts about Kahlo's life. But not only is that a very strong and unlikely claim, it seems contradicted by the beginning of the 2nd paragraph, where we're told that "Kahlo was influenced by Marxism". That's a biographical fact about her life. Also the 3rd paragraph says that her use of Aztec symbols (which had political overtones) included images that "not only speak to her personal battle for life, but also to the Mexican struggle to emerge as a nation".

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5. E

   Too Strong: most7% picked this

   Kahlo’s mythic status among the audience Kahlo most wanted to reach is based upon the psychoanalytic rather than the

   There's no information anywhere in the passage about which audience members Kahlo most wanted to reach. And there's no causal connection drawn between her mythic status and the psychoanalytic content. The final sentence is saying that she's a mythic symbol of nationalism itself (which is political).

   7%