Reading Comprehension Quiz (Daniel Harris, “Celebrity Bodies”)
Reading Comprehension Quiz
Daniel Harris, “Celebrity Bodies”
Read “Celebrity Bodies” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.
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Harris writes that the new Hollywood aesthetic of beauty is not based on sexual desire but on
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Harris notes that while Hollywood actresses continue to be very thin
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Who does Harris suggest is at fault for the impossible standards set by Hollywood actors and actresses?
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Harris notes that the public treats celebrities with a double standard. To what is he referring?
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Which actress does Harris cite as an example of failing in the double standards set by society?
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Why, according to Harris, does the public hold up celebrities as role models?
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Harris writes that “they [celebrities] have overcome their geographic dispersal, gravitated together, and emerged as a power elite, a physical aristocracy whose seat of government is one major U.S. city...” To which city is Harris referring?
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Harris compares the paparazzi to
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Harris writes that we are “nearer to their. [celebrities] bodies, through close-ups, nude scenes, and simulated sex, than we are to anyone outside of our immediate families.” The famous example he cites is
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