"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which of the following sports are defined as “mass interest” ones?Information in the text { =Baseball =Basketball =Football Golf Tennis }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] With which art form do you most associate Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko?Information in the text { Portraiture Equestrian Impressionist Post modernism =Abstract expressionism }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which of the following are credited with having given a distinctive voice to American classical music?Information in the text { Cole Porter Irving Berlin =Aaron Copeland =George Gershwin Leonard Bernstein }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What are Judy Collins, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez mainly associated with?Information in the text { =Folk music Negro spirituals Musicals Popular song Jazz singing }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which form of music accounts for most sales?Recording Industry Association of America (2008) { Country Pop Religious Classical =Rock }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] If there was a golden age for Hollywood, in which of the following periods would you place it?There can be no defiinitive answer. It really depends which criteria are taken into consideration, but decline since the late 1940s is referred to in the text. { 1925-35 =1935-45 1945-55 1955-65 1965-75 }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which factors are suggested for the decline in participation and attendance at performances by 2008?These are suggested as possible reasons. High participation through electronic media does not suggest a long-term decline in public interest in the arts. { =Economic factors The increase in home ownership of TVs and DVDs Poor quality of events and performances A general loss of interest in the arts People turning to other leisure activities }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] How much was spent on the arts annually by federal and state governements in 2009?B is obtained through adding up the figures in the text. D is the annual estimated spend on pornography in the US! { $243 million =$574.5 million $1 billion $2.5 billion $14 billion }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which statement best describes what is happening to American sports?The text refers to their increasing competitiveness and commercialization, but does not suggest any of the other scenarios. { Participation rates are falling massively. Spectator figures are showing huge declines. They are based on teamwork and amateurism. =They are becoming increasingly commercialized. Interest in them has been killed off by television and the internet. }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which is the least popular sporting activity that Americans participate in?Surprised? { =Running / jogging Aerobics Bowling Swimming Hiking }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What % of adult Americans are either overweight or obese according to recent data?Sometimes the most outrageous figure is the accurate one! { 0.245 0.313 0.412 0.546 =0.688 }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What % of American children and adolescents are either obese or overweight?Well, it could have been worse! { 0.405 0.362 =0.318 0.247 0.193 }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What is the most practiced leisure-time activity in the US?Source: Table 14.3 { Exercise Fishing Walking =Reading Movie going }" "[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What do you understand by “elitist”?As defined in the text { Very demanding in terms of effort Outdated =Practiced by a small minority = Highbrow culture Restricted to wealthy people }"