Reading Comprehension Quiz (William Faulkner, “An Innocent at Rinkside”)
Reading Comprehension Quiz
William Faulkner, “An Innocent at Rinkside”
Read “An Innocent at Rinkside” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.
Question
Who is the “he” in this article?
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Question
What feeling is Faulkner trying to conjure in the first paragraph?
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Faulkner refers to the “sweating barehanded behemoths from the troglodyte mass of football.” Based on this description, how might Faulkner feel about football?
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Question
Faulkner notes that hockey is both fast and elegant, but also brutal and bloody. He notes that here “actual blood could flow, not from the crude impact of a heavier fist but from the rapid and delicate stroke of weapons.” How does Faulkner feel about violence?
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Question
Faulkner begins to comment on sports in America. What does he foresee?
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Question
Faulkner only mentions a few of the players in this article, which was written for Sports Illustrated. Why might this be?
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Question
Faulkner repeats “because the innocent did not quite believe that either” several times through the course of the article. Why does he do this?
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Question
What tone does Faulkner convey?
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