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The Representation of Disability in Film

Description: This quiz explores the representation of disability in film, examining how different types of disabilities are portrayed and the impact of these portrayals on society.
Number of Questions: 15
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Which of the following films features a protagonist with a physical disability?

  1. The Theory of Everything

  2. The Intouchables

  3. Me Before You

  4. The Fault in Our Stars


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Theory of Everything is a biographical drama that tells the story of Stephen Hawking, a physicist who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21.

What is the name of the documentary that explores the lives of people with Down syndrome?

  1. The Peanut Butter Falcon

  2. The Special Needs

  3. Crip Camp

  4. The Best Summer Ever


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Crip Camp is a documentary that tells the story of Camp Jened, a summer camp for people with disabilities that was founded in the 1950s.

Which of the following films features a protagonist with a mental illness?

  1. Silver Linings Playbook

  2. The Soloist

  3. Rain Man

  4. A Beautiful Mind


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Silver Linings Playbook is a romantic comedy-drama that tells the story of Pat Solitano, a man who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder after being released from a mental institution.

What is the name of the film that tells the story of a group of deaf actors who are trying to stage a production of Hamlet?

  1. Children of a Lesser God

  2. The Sound of Metal

  3. CODA

  4. The Miracle Worker


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

CODA is a drama that tells the story of Ruby Rossi, a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) who is the only hearing member of her family.

Which of the following films features a protagonist with a visual impairment?

  1. Blindspotting

  2. The Blind Side

  3. See

  4. The Upside


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

See is a science fiction drama that tells the story of a world where everyone is blind and must rely on their other senses to survive.

What is the name of the documentary that explores the history of the disability rights movement?

  1. The Americans with Disabilities Act

  2. Disability: The Unspoken History

  3. The ADA: 25 Years of Progress

  4. The Disability Rights Movement


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Disability: The Unspoken History is a documentary that tells the story of the disability rights movement from the 1960s to the present day.

Which of the following films features a protagonist with a chronic illness?

  1. The Fault in Our Stars

  2. Me Before You

  3. The Theory of Everything

  4. The Best of Me


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Fault in Our Stars is a romantic drama that tells the story of Hazel Grace Lancaster, a teenage girl who has cancer.

What is the name of the film that tells the story of a group of people with disabilities who are trying to live independently?

  1. The Peanut Butter Falcon

  2. The Special Needs

  3. Crip Camp

  4. The Best Summer Ever


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Peanut Butter Falcon is a comedy-drama that tells the story of Zak, a young man with Down syndrome who runs away from his nursing home and meets Tyler, a fisherman who is on the run from the law.

Which of the following films features a protagonist with a learning disability?

  1. The Peanut Butter Falcon

  2. The Special Needs

  3. Crip Camp

  4. The Best Summer Ever


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Peanut Butter Falcon is a comedy-drama that tells the story of Zak, a young man with Down syndrome who runs away from his nursing home and meets Tyler, a fisherman who is on the run from the law.

What is the name of the film that tells the story of a group of people with disabilities who are trying to start a business?

  1. The Peanut Butter Falcon

  2. The Special Needs

  3. Crip Camp

  4. The Best Summer Ever


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Peanut Butter Falcon is a comedy-drama that tells the story of Zak, a young man with Down syndrome who runs away from his nursing home and meets Tyler, a fisherman who is on the run from the law.

Which of the following films features a protagonist with a physical disability?

  1. The Theory of Everything

  2. The Intouchables

  3. Me Before You

  4. The Fault in Our Stars


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Theory of Everything is a biographical drama that tells the story of Stephen Hawking, a physicist who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21.

What is the name of the documentary that explores the lives of people with Down syndrome?

  1. The Peanut Butter Falcon

  2. The Special Needs

  3. Crip Camp

  4. The Best Summer Ever


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Crip Camp is a documentary that tells the story of Camp Jened, a summer camp for people with disabilities that was founded in the 1950s.

Which of the following films features a protagonist with a mental illness?

  1. Silver Linings Playbook

  2. The Soloist

  3. Rain Man

  4. A Beautiful Mind


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Silver Linings Playbook is a romantic comedy-drama that tells the story of Pat Solitano, a man who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder after being released from a mental institution.

What is the name of the film that tells the story of a group of deaf actors who are trying to stage a production of Hamlet?

  1. Children of a Lesser God

  2. The Sound of Metal

  3. CODA

  4. The Miracle Worker


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

CODA is a drama that tells the story of Ruby Rossi, a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) who is the only hearing member of her family.

Which of the following films features a protagonist with a visual impairment?

  1. Blindspotting

  2. The Blind Side

  3. See

  4. The Upside


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

See is a science fiction drama that tells the story of a world where everyone is blind and must rely on their other senses to survive.

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