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Re: Never formally trained as an artist, Frida Kahlo came to [#permalink]
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For question two we could infer that the relationship was weird with her husband

In another painting called Diego and I, showing both Kahlo and her famous painter husband Diego Rivera, Kahlo’s hair is wrapped around her neck as if it were a strangulation device.

So D is the answer.

However, I would like to spend my two cents about such passages: they are terrible. This is my humble opinion on which someone could or not agree or disagree

They are made difficult but at the same time are completely UNchained.

If you pick the most difficult ETS passage from the BB when you read it , it has consistency. This is just a fact after a fact. Nothing else.

I struggle even to find the main idea.

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Re: Never formally trained as an artist, Frida Kahlo came to [#permalink]
In the question one the word provocative carries a negative meaning and we usually avoid the options which have a negative meaning in the gre.
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Who said that ?' sorry

and which one do you refer to ??
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What I mean is that the first question answer is option (e) which contains the word provocative which has a negative meaning and we usually avoid the options which gives a negative meaning.
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Re: Never formally trained as an artist, Frida Kahlo came to [#permalink]
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What I mean is that the first question answer is option (e) which contains the word provocative which has a negative meaning and we usually avoid the options which gives a negative meaning.


Not necessarily true. "In other ways, Kahlo’s choices were all art and artifice: provocative statements of individuality, as well as assertive color and design sense."

If the passage gives the negative connotation, then the answer choice must follow it.
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Re: Never formally trained as an artist, Frida Kahlo came to [#permalink]
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