Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Matt's Responses

Interview Questions

1.     Generally, do you think of yourself as someone who likes to read?
 Yes.
2.     When you read for pleasure, what do you read?
 Fantasy
3.     About how many hardbound books do you own, and of these how many would you classify as either “literary” or “literature?”
 500, about half. 
4.     In the past year, have you read a novel from cover to cover?
 Yes
5.     When you sit down to read a book, how long do you read before stopping?
 3 hours
6.     How much time do you spend on social media each day?
 15 minutes

7.     How much time do you spend on your cell phone each day (talking, texting, using Apps, searching the internet)?
 5-8 hours
8.     How much time do you spend either studying and/or working each day?  How much of this time is spent reading?
 8 hours
Reading takes up about 1-2 hours
9.     How much time do you spend on the internet each day?
 6 hours
10. How much time do you spend watching television or streaming video each day? 
 4 hours
11. How much time do you spend totally unconnected from all media technology each day?
 When I'm asleep. 
12. What are your favorite forms of relaxation and entertainment?
 Going to the movies, reading or laying down. 
13. Complete the following sentences: “Reading is  . . .”
 Fun! 
14. Complete the following sentence: “My favorite book is . . .”
 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
15. Complete the following sentence: “The word “literary” refers to . . .”
 Works that are either transportive or transformative. 

16. Complete the following sentence: “Reading poetry is like . . .”
        Death. 

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