LIFE AT HOME IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Selection Test

What is the author's main purpose in this selection?

• to persuade readers to spend less time watching television
• to warn readers about the negative effects of television on family life
• to provide information about the history and social impact of television
• to compare the features of different types of television sets

According to the author, what is one example of how television helps to shape family life?

• Families arrange their furniture around the television set.
• Families talk about the plots of television shows.
• Television commercials affect what a family buys.
• Families argue about what television show to watch.

According to the author, what is the effect of having TVs in one or more bedrooms?

• Families are more likely to watch TV together.
• The family spends more total time watching TV.
• A parent is more likely to watch TV alone.
• Children are more likely to watch TV alone.

What does the author mean by, “the artifact exits the systemic context and enters an archaeological context”?

• It is used less frequently.
• It becomes a subject of research.
• Its popularity increases.
• It gets thrown out.

Archaeologists studying an archaeological site use seriation to

• determine the exact age of specific objects.
• determine the relative age of each layer of objects,
• determine why the objects were discarded.
• determine how objects were used by their owners.

6. A battleship graph shows

• comparisons of different categories.
• percentages of a whole.
• an artifact's pattern of use over time.
• cause and effect relationships.

What is an observation?

• remembering something
• explaining something
• watching something
• understanding something

What does proliferation mean?

• long life 
• fast growth
• growing acceptance
• gradual disappearance

A municipal issue is one that relates to a

• family
• city
• school
• corporation

Precipitous means

• dangerous
• sudden
• steep
• unexpected