Stephen King, Why We Crave Horror Movies

Why We Crave Horror Movies

Stephen King 

READING COMPREHENSION QUIZ

Take the quiz below to check your comprehension of the reading selection:

Question 8.3

What Freda Jackson film is mentioned in the article?

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Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 8.4

The horror film “has become the modern version of” what?

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Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 8.5

What is not one reason given that people go to see horror movies?

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Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 8.6

Who, according to King, does not have a potential lyncher lurking inside?

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Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 8.7

Which of the following is not an anticivilization emotion?

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Incorrect. The answer is A.

READING SUMMARY

Question 8.8

Summarize “Why We Crave Horror Movies.” Be sure to put the summary in your own words and to avoid using the sentence structure of the reading selection. Remember that your summary should restate the author’s main idea (or thesis) and that it should include only the author’s most important supporting ideas.
Below is an example summary of this reading selection: In this essay, King exposes the tenets of horror films and reasons why they are a necessary evil. He argues that they appeal to humans’ basic nature, and that people view well-crafted horror movies to keep their own sanity in check, as a way to feel young, and to have fun. Your summary will differ from this one in the way it is written, but it should include roughly the same information.

VOCABULARY QUIZ

Explain the meaning of each of the following words as it is used in the reading:

Question 8.9

Squinch (par. 1)
Squinch means to contort or twist.

Question 8.10

Remonstrance (par. 10)
Remonstrance means rebuke or admonishment.

Question 8.11

Anarchistic (par. 11)
Anarchistic means disorderly or chaotic.