WorksheetsDoes Reading Fiction Make You a Better Person?
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the link between reading fiction and empathy?
a)
Reading fiction can improve empathy
b)
Reading fiction can decrease empathy
c)
Reading fiction has no effect on empathy
d)
Reading fiction can only improve empathy in children
2.
What is the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test?
a)
A test that measures the ability to interpret the mental states of others
b)
A test that measures the ability to remember details from a story
c)
A test that measures the ability to imagine scenes while reading
d)
A test that measures the ability to recognize author names
3.
What is the phenomenon of 'mentalizing'?
a)
The ability to imagine scenes while reading
b)
The ability to recognize author names
c)
The ability to remember details from a story
d)
The ability to interpret the mental states of others
4.
What is the name of the test that measures empathy?
a)
The Interpersonal Reactivity Index
b)
The Social Acumen Test
c)
The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test
d)
The Author Recognition Test
5.
What is the stereotype of a bookworm according to Keith Oatley?
a)
A nebbish and unfashionable individual who wears spectacles
b)
A social butterfly who prefers print over peers
c)
A fashionable individual who wears spectacles
d)
A reclusive individual who never leaves the house
6.
What is theory of mind?
a)
The ability to remember facts
b)
The ability to read quickly
c)
The ability to imagine what might be going on in someone else's head
d)
The ability to solve complex problems
7.
What type of story tends to enhance theory of mind?
a)
Literary fiction
b)
Nonfiction
c)
Romance
d)
Sci-fi
8.
What does Oatley compare reading to?
a)
Being in a plane
b)
Being in a car
c)
Being in a boat
d)
Being in a flight simulator
9.
What does Oatley believe reading allows us to do?
a)
See ourselves in someone else
b)
See ourselves in a movie
c)
See ourselves in a book
d)
See ourselves in a painting
10.
What is the purpose of storytelling according to Oatley?
a)
To give us insight into one another's minds
b)
To make us more competitive
c)
To make us smarter
d)
To entertain us
11.
What is the difference between literary fiction and nonfiction or genre stories?
a)
Nonfiction focuses more on characters' interior lives
b)
Genre stories focus more on characters' interior lives
c)
Literary fiction focuses more on characters' interior lives
d)
There is no difference
12.
What is the relationship between storytelling and human cooperation?
a)
Storytelling makes us more selfish
b)
Storytelling makes us more competitive
c)
Storytelling is not related to human cooperation
d)
Storytelling is an evolutionary adaptation that gives us insight into one another's minds, which is necessary for human cooperation
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