QUESTIONS LEVEL 2

FROM THE READING "Sex role reversal in the movies"

(Please write just your answers in a white sheet for handing it in.

PRESENTATION will be graded)

1. Decide if the following statement is true or false. Find evidence in the text to support your answer.
One of the movies is based on a play by William Shakespeare. True False

2. Decide if the following statement is true or false. Find evidence in the text to support your answer.
Unemployed actors feature in all three movies. True False

3. Decide if the following statement is true or false. Find evidence in the text to support your answer.
Some Like it Hot is a movie from the past that is still entertaining today. True  False

4. Decide if the following statement is true or false. Find evidence in the text to support your answer.
By the end of Mrs. Doubtfire, Daniel's character has transformed into a better person. True False

5. Decide if the following statement is true or false. Find evidence in the text to support your answer.
Hoffman's character in the movie Tootsie is sometimes sexist. True False

6. Underline the correct answer from the choices.
In Some Like it Hot, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis play two     singers /musicians / composers.

7. Underline the correct answer from the choices.
In Some Like it Hot, Jerry and Joe dress up as women because to hide from    their wives / the police / some criminals.

8. Underline the correct answer from the choices.
Jack Lemmon's female character in      Some Like it Hot was called Dorsey / Dorothy / Daphne.

9. Underline the correct answer from the choices.
Robin Williams plays a character who wants    to see his kids more often / be more confident / join a band.

10. Underline the correct answer from the choices.
Dustin Hoffman plays a man who    wants to be a woman / is unemployed and divorced / gradually falls in love.

11. Use a key phrase from the text to complete the sentence.
Dustin Hoffman's female character was called ______________________.

12. Use a key phrase from the text to complete the sentence.
The actress who played alongside Dustin Hoffman was called ______________________.

13. Use a key word from the text to complete the sentence.
In Mrs. Doubtfire, Sally Field played a character called ______________________.

14. Use a key phrase from the text to complete the sentence.
Dustin Hoffman's character found work acting on a ______________________.

15. In Paragraph 4, which phrase means
​difficult to deal with? ______________________

16. In Paragraph 3, which word means
​enjoyable and interesting? ______________________

17. In Paragraph 4, which word means
​celebrated or well-known? ______________________

18. Underline the word or phrase which is a synonym for
hilarious (paragraph 4).

boring / annoying / shocking / enjoyable / very funny / long

19. Underline the word which is a synonym for
assertive (paragraph 3).

angry / forceful / attractive / easy-going / feminine / humorous

20. Underline the word which is a synonym for
delightful (paragraph 2).

inspiring / charming / modern / unusual / amusing / familiar