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Video quiz questions

1)

Fill the gap: She suffered near- ________________________ injuries to her spine,

pelvis and hips, and was bedridden for months afterward.
2)

Fill the gap: When she set to work, she began to paint the world
________________________ to her own singular vision.
3)

Fill the gap: … still lives and spiritual scenes; but it was her mesmerizing
________________________ -portraits which first caught the world's attention.
4)

Fill the gap: In an early work, "Self Portrait with Velvet Dress," the focus is on her strong
brows, facial hair, long neck and ________________________ stare.
5)

Fill the gap: They became lifelong partners and cultivated an

________________________ celebrity.
6)

Fill the gap: Together, they traveled the world and ________________________

themselves to art, Communist politics and Mexican nationalism.
7)

Fill the gap: Kahlo and Rivera shared a deep affinity with Mexicanidad, a movement
which celebrated ________________________ culture after the Revolution.
8)

Fill the gap: … she constantly referenced Mexican folk painting,

________________________ its bright colors and references to death, religion and
nature.
9)

Fill the gap: As a result of the bus accident, she experienced life-long health
________________________ and endured many hospitalizations.
10)
Fill the gap: She often ________________________ the physical and psychological
effects of disability in her work;
11)

Fill the gap: … her heart remains ________________________ .

12)

Fill the gap: Together, the two suggest a position caught between past and present,
________________________ and dependency.
13)

Fill the gap: In the years after her death, she experienced a
________________________ in popularity that has lasted to this day.
14)

Fill the gap: … Kahlo's body of work reminds us that there are no simple truths about
the life, work and ________________________ of the woman behind the icon.
15)

Fill the gap: Rather, she put ________________________ versions of her reality on

displayand provided us with a few entry-ways into the contents of her soul.
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