Question

An advertisement from the 1950s shows a smiling family eating dinner together with the slogan, “Nothing brings families closer than our new TV set!”

How might a modern audience interpret this message differently than audiences in the 1950s?

(3 points)
Responses

A modern audience might see it as showing how technology can connect families in new ways.
A modern audience might see it as showing how technology can connect families in new ways.

A modern audience might not understand what kind of technology is being advertised.
A modern audience might not understand what kind of technology is being advertised.

A modern audience might recognize it as ironic, since technology today can sometimes make people less connected.
A modern audience might recognize it as ironic, since technology today can sometimes make people less connected.

A modern audience would likely have the same reaction as audiences in the 1950s.
A modern audience would likely have the same reaction as audiences in the 1950s.
Question 9
In a Modernist novel, an older professor tries to guide a young writer but often admits he no longer believes in truth or progress.

How does this character represent a Modernist twist on the traditional “mentor” archetype?

(3 points)
Responses

He reflects a flawed mentor who questions his own wisdom, showing the uncertainty of the Modernist era.
He reflects a flawed mentor who questions his own wisdom, showing the uncertainty of the Modernist era.

He rejects the student completely and disappears from the story.
He rejects the student completely and disappears from the story.

He teaches traditional moral lessons that never change over time.
He teaches traditional moral lessons that never change over time.

He remains a perfect, all-knowing teacher who always leads the hero to success.
He remains a perfect, all-knowing teacher who always leads the hero to success.
Question 10

Answer 1

Question 8: A modern audience might recognize it as ironic, since technology today can sometimes make people less connected.

Question 9: He reflects a flawed mentor who questions his own wisdom, showing the uncertainty of the Modernist era.