Questions 3-6 refer to the following passage.

The author refers to James Fenimore Cooper and Willa Cather in order to suggest

a. That their works are examples of entertaining literature

b. That their literary achievements were no less impressive than those of McMurtry

c. That the themes of the Western genre could be employed in literature meant to appeal to a more sophisticated reader

d. That they were contemporaries of McMurtry

e. That the theme of westward expansion was a multicultural concept

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The literature of the American West ranges from lowbrow entertainment to great works of fiction. The extremes are obvious enough, but Line the middle tends to blur. The dime-store Western (5) never aspired to be anything but entertainment. James Fenimore Cooper and Willa Cather, however, used themes of westward expansion in works clearly intended as highbrow literature. The novels of modern writer Larry McMurtry (10) broke new ground: He took the Western and created a great piece of fiction, without changing its fundamental genre appeal or its accessibility to the general reader.