PrepTest 136, Section 3, Question 2
Many critics agree that the primary characteristic of(452 more words not shown)
The author says that Sembène(13 more words not shown)
- Auses animals as(1 more words not shown)
- Buses slow motion(3 more words not shown)
- Cprovides oral narration(4 more words not shown)
- Djuxtaposes West African(4 more words not shown)
- Eleaves part of(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Recall the open endings. Sembène gives viewers alternatives rather than settle every outcome, just as audiences of dilemma tales help decide how those stories end. That's a concrete action the author attributes to him. We're checking what is stated, so a related filmmaking technique isn't a substitute for the one actually described.
Working the answers
- A
The tree is the example of a symbolic motif. No animal symbolism is described.
- B
A freeze-frame stops on an image; slow motion shows movement at a reduced speed. The author mentions the former, not the latter. We shouldn't exchange one technique for another because both alter how action appears onscreen.
- C
Borrowing from oral storytelling doesn't mean a film contains a spoken narrator. The borrowed elements described include characters, motifs, and structures; no oral narration of the film's story is specified.
- D
West African culture and Marxist ideology are both discussed as influences. That doesn't establish that he places West African images beside Marxist symbols within a film. The claim concerns a particular visual technique we aren't given.
- ECorrect
The third paragraph says Sembène leaves viewers “to complete his narratives.” The alternatives at the end make the audience responsible for filling in part of the story. This directly matches the open-endedness we recalled.
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