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Reading Comprehension Quiz (David Denby, “High-School Confidential”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

David Denby, “High-School Confidential”

Read “High-School Confidential” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question How does the stereotypical teen queen character retain power, according to Denby?

1. How does the stereotypical teen queen character retain power, according to Denby?

She discovers how to be nice.

Everyone fears her.

She has the most handsome boyfriend.

She makes friends with the class nerd.

Question According to Denby, why were Westerns so popular in the 1950s?

2. According to Denby, why were Westerns so popular in the 1950s?

America wanted to see righteous violence.

America was fascinated with the mid 19th century.

These movies were cheap and easy to make.

The Western was a rebellion against the norms.

Question Denby lists which three typical teen movie characters?

3. Denby lists which three typical teen movie characters?

the malevolent outsider, the queen bee, and the chainsaw-wielding maniac

the chainsaw-wielding maniac, the exasperated teachers, and the rebellious outsider

the queen bee, the super jock, and the loveable nerd/outsider

None of the above.

Question What do genre films dramatize?

4. What do genre films dramatize?

what really happens to teenagers

how things feel as a teenager

the fantasies of adults who have lived through their teenage years

All of the above.

Question According to Denby, many of the heroes have absent mothers. What does effect does this have on the audience?

5. According to Denby, many of the heroes have absent mothers. What does effect does this have on the audience?

It is a ploy designed to create sympathy for the outsider.

It is a level of identification for the outsiders in the audience who feel abandoned and unloved.

By creating a hero without a mother, the film writers are setting the hero up for a later success.

All of the above.

Question Denby references the Columbine shooters in his article. He notes that Klebold and Harris were bullied in their high school, much like the heroes of teen movies. What does he say that the Columbine shooters failed to remember regarding teen movies?

6. Denby references the Columbine shooters in his article. He notes that Klebold and Harris were bullied in their high school, much like the heroes of teen movies. What does he say that the Columbine shooters failed to remember regarding teen movies?

The outsiders always come out ahead.

The villains in the teen movie are always right about the outsiders.

The outsiders never resort to violence.

Teenage movies are not real.

Question Denby notes that some teen movies are very violent and that the outsiders seek violent revenge, as the Columbine shooters did. What is Denby implying?

7. Denby notes that some teen movies are very violent and that the outsiders seek violent revenge, as the Columbine shooters did. What is Denby implying?

Occasionally, the teen movie genre takes a dark turn that reflects some of the real pain felt by outsiders in high schools today.

The Columbine shooters were probably influenced by movies like Heathers, If…, and Carrie.

Teen movies need to be more carefully screened by the Motion Picture Association to insure that tragedies like Columbine never happen again.

All of the above.

Question Denby notes three movies that defy the teen film genre. Those movies are

8. Denby notes three movies that defy the teen film genre. Those movies are

Rebel Without A Cause, Clueless, and Carrie.

Clueless, Election, and Carrie.

Heathers, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Rushmore.

None of the above.