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Questions

13. The main purpose of the text is to discuss the question -

(1) Why are certain television programs so popular?
(2) Is television entertainment or art?
(3) Should television programs be the subject of academic study?
(4) Should Americans watch less television?

14. In line 6, "this" refers to the fact that -

(1) television has not been considered a serious academic subject
(2) Americans spend so much of their leisure time watching television
(3) television is the most popular form of entertainment in the United States
(4) courses in television studies are not offered at Syracuse University

15. The main purpose of the second paragraph is to -

(1) compare jazz to the music of Beethoven and Mozart
(2) explain why Thompson thinks that television should be studied
(3) give reasons why television is so popular
(4) argue that television is as important as the work of Shakespeare

16. The main purpose of the last paragraph is to -

(1) present a point of view that differs from Professor Thompson's
(2) explain why television studies has become such a popular field
(3) argue that popular literature and music should be studied
(4) describe some of Professor Miller's academic work

17. According to the last paragraph, Professor Miller believes that television programs -

(1) should not be studied simply because they are popular
(2) will never be as great as the works of Mozart and Shakespeare
(3) are better now than they were in the past
(4) will not be as popular in thirty or forty years as they are today

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