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.

Question Harris writes that the new Hollywood aesthetic of beauty is not based on sexual desire but on

1. Harris writes that the new Hollywood aesthetic of beauty is not based on sexual desire but on

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Question Harris notes that while Hollywood actresses continue to be very thin

2. Harris notes that while Hollywood actresses continue to be very thin,

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Question Who does Harris suggest is at fault for the impossible standards set by Hollywood actors and actresses?

3. Who does Harris suggest is at fault for the impossible standards set by Hollywood actors and actresses?

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Question Harris notes that the public treats celebrities with a double standard. To what is he referring?

4. Harris notes that the public treats celebrities with a double standard. To what is he referring?

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Question Which actress does Harris cite as an example of failing in the double standards set by society?

5. Which actress does Harris cite as an example of failing in the double standards set by society?

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Question Why, according to Harris, does the public hold up celebrities as role models?

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Question 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?

7. 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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Question Harris compares the paparazzi to

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Question 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

9. 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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