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2. The “early advocates of universal literacy” (line 1) are mentioned as
A. advocates of propaganda
B. opponents of an idea that the author thinks is correct
C. proponents of an idea that the author wishes to counter
"In regard to propaganda the early advocates of universal literacy and a free press envisaged only two possibilities:
the propaganda might be true, or it might be false. They did not foresee what in fact has happened"D. people who made wrong predictions about freedom of the press
E. social commentators unaware of man’s appetite for distractions
3. The author refers to “Brave New World” as a fictional example of a society in which
A. non-stop distractions are the main instrument of government policy
B. people are totally unaware of political realities
C. entertainment is used to keep people from full awareness of social realities
"In Brave New World non-stop distractions of the most fascinating nature (the feelies, orgy-porgy, centrifugal bumblepuppy) are deliberately used as instruments of policy, for
the purpose of preventing people from paying too much attention to the realities of the social and political situation."D. entertainment resembles religion in its effects on the masses
E. non-stop entertainment is provided as it was in Rome
4. By “intelligently on the spot” (line 37) the author apparently means
A. alert to the dangers of propaganda
B. in a particular society at a particular time
C. in a specific time and place
D. conscious of political and social realities
"A society, most of whose members spend a great part of their time,
not on the spot, not here and now and in the calculable future, but somewhere else, in the irrelevant other worlds of sport and soap opera, of mythology and metaphysical fantasy, will find it hard to resist the encroachments of those who would manipulate and control it."
E. deeply aware of current trends