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Reading Comprehension Quiz (Malcolm Gladwell, “Offensive Play“)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Malcolm Gladwell, “Offensive Play“

Read “Offensive Play” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question What kind of essay is this?

1. What kind of essay is this?

expository

descriptive

narrative

argumentative

Question In comparing and contrasting football and dogfighting, what does Gladwell want the readers to understand?

2. In comparing and contrasting football and dogfighting, what does Gladwell want the readers to understand?

Michael Vick did a morally reprehensible thing.

Dogfighting is a justifiable sport.

The similarities between the two pastimes cannot be denied.

Football should be banned like dogfighting.

Question By including the brutal scene of the dogfight, Gladwell

3. By including the brutal scene of the dogfight, Gladwell

wishes to pull the reader into the savagery of the sport, and by association, the savagery of football.

wishes to shock the reader.

allows for a better understanding of a hidden world

All of the above.

Question Why does Gladwell even include Michael Vick in this article?

4. Why does Gladwell even include Michael Vick in this article?

Michael Vick suffers from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (C.T.E.).

Michael Vick’s conviction allows Gladwell and the reader the entry into the world of both football and dogfighting.

Gladwell is trying to explain the ethical case against Michael Vick.

All of the above.

Question What position does Gladwell ultimately imply about football?

5. What position does Gladwell ultimately imply about football?

It is as bad as dogfighting.

It is a brutal sport, but ultimately fine.

It is changing and will save players' lives.

The world would be better without football.

Question How does Gladwell acknowledge the opposing argument regarding football?

6. How does Gladwell acknowledge the opposing argument regarding football?

He doesn’t.

He acknowledges that some of the players had used steroids and that the sample group was voluntary.

He uses scientific language to obscure the lack of evidence.

He focuses on dog fighting, which clouds the readers’ emotional response.

Question Gladwell reports that McKee is a “longtime football fan.” Why does he do this?

7. Gladwell reports that McKee is a “longtime football fan.” Why does he do this?

It helps the reader understand that McKee is not out to stop the game of football.

It is a welcome distraction from the awful truth of what is happening to football players.

It makes McKee seem more human and sympathetic.

All of the above.

Question Who is Gladwell’s primary audience?

8. Who is Gladwell’s primary audience?

football players

dogfighters

the general public

doctors