Question

Using information from the passage, fill in the blank:
They tried to introduce bits of jazz into serious music so that ____.

• A. music might survive.
• B. the masses could take to serious music.
• C. the composers might still have a way to earn a living.
• D. music is democratised.

Answer 1

The correct option is C the composers might still have a way to earn a living.

As we can see in the passage above "to somehow survive" means to be able to continue to function or prosper, which in a way means to earn a living, hence Option C is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because from the context, the author mentions that they tried to smuggle bits of jazz which was not a necessity unless the music had to have an outcome which is their income, hence it is for the composers to survive, music already survives in jazz and other forms that they try smuggling bits from.

Option B is incorrect because according to the author, the masses take to all kinds of music, except for the high art one that only some of them take to, hence it would be incorrect to say that the reason to introduce jazz is so that they could take to serious music.

Option D is incorrect because "to democratise" means to make available to the public, which is already existent, as all kinds of people have access to to all kinds of music. Hence it is incorrect.