Are the new Golden Age TV shows the New Novels?

When did "The Sopranos" debut, marking the beginning of the "golden age" of television?

• 1995

• 2000

• 1999

• 2005

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What is one criticism leveled against quality cable TV according to the text?

• It is too complex.

• It is not as formally adventurous as Dickens.

• It is too similar to novels.

• It lacks character development.

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Who has Bill Moyers compared to Charles Dickens for their attention to the details of poverty and class in America?

• William Shakespeare

• David Simon

• D. W. Griffith

• Henry James

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What does the author suggest about the nature of TV serial dramas?

• They are concise.

• They are episodic and expansive.

• They are limited in scope.

• They are less engaging.

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What does the author imply about the nature of novels compared to TV shows?

• Novels are more concise.

• Novels are less detailed.

• Novels are more expansive.

• Novels are less engaging.

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What does the author imply about the comparison between TV shows and novels?

• TV shows are superior to novels.

• Novels are superior to TV shows.

• TV shows and novels are equally good.

• TV shows are more concise than novels.

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What does the author suggest about the visual idiom of quality cable TV?

• It is highly innovative.

• It is conventional.

• It is non-existent.

• It is overly complex.

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Which TV show is mentioned as an example of brilliant ethnography?

• Battlestar Galactica

• Mad Men

• The Wire

• Game of Thrones

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Who is the Canadian writer mentioned in the text?

• Sheila Heti

• Margaret Atwood

• Alice Munro

• Michael Ondaatje

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What are the two paths to transcendence mentioned by Sufis?

• To look at the universe and to see yourself

• To read novels and to watch TV

• To write and to read

• To dream and to act

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