Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico in 1907 during the rule of Porfirio Diaz. At that time Mexican women stayed home and were ______________ from public life.
What is restricted?
100
Even as a child, Frida found it hard to take orders from others. She remained a ________________ all her life, not always doing what was expected.
What is rebel?
100
The young girl must have been the despair of her parents. She would not allow them, or anyone else, to ________________ to her what she must do.
What is dictate?
100
wild
What is tempestuous?
100
frequent
What is seldom?
200
Following the revolution, hospitals and schools were improved, and government support for the arts greatly increased. These changes were long _____________.
What is overdue?
200
Kahlo called herself a child of the revolution. She wanted people to believe she had been born in 1910, the year the Diaz government was __________.
What is overthrown?
200
The young Frida had two great passions. She ________ her life to art and to the aims of the 1910 revolution.
What is dedicated?
200
opposition
What is rebellion?
200
becoming ill
What is convalescing?
300
Kahlo's parents must have been horrified when their daughter expressed support for the revolution. That was no way for a girl with a strict _______________ to behave.
What is upbringing?
300
Her wearing men's clothing must have been especially shocking to Frida's parents. Such a sight was ________ seen in Mexico at that time.
What is seldom?
300
In her late teens, Kahlo had a terrible accident. A metal spike ____________ her side when she was thrown from a bus.
What is penetrated?
300
oustanding
What is notable?
300
light rain
What is tempest?
400
She was often in agony from the injury. To take her mind off the pain while she _______________, she started painting.
What is convalesced?
400
The first marriage between Kahlo and Rivera took place in 1929. She was quite unknown at the time, while he was one of Mexico's most _____________ painters.
What is notable?
400
Rivera appears often in Kahlo's paintings. Perhaps she found him so fascinated because he loved and ___________ her at the same time!
What is exasperated?
400
late
What is overdue?
400
President
What is a dictator?
500
Kahlo painted Rivera many times. She also frequently portrayed herself, and many of her paintings are self-__________.
What is portraits?
500
Kahlo and Rivera had a love-hate relationship. Each ___________ quarrel would be short-lived but then would be followed by another one.
What is tempestuous?
500
Kahlo and Rivera found in each other something that made their work come alive. They ____________ each other's passion for both life and art.