PrepTest 152, Section 3, Question 10
Film scholar David Bordwell refers to the years(453 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(8 more words not shown)
- AThe author states(31 more words not shown)
- BThe author takes(32 more words not shown)
- CThe author states(31 more words not shown)
- DThe author takes(38 more words not shown)
- EThe author states(41 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Map the exchange. First comes Bordwell's account of classical filmmaking. Then the musical, illustrated by Berkeley, creates a problem for that account. Bordwell responds with learned genre expectations. The writer rejects that response as stretching realism, then recommends more attention to how viewers process images.
What we’re looking for
The correct choice should preserve both the order and the job of each step. In particular, the musical is a challenge to the definition, not a friendly illustration of it.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The thesis is Bordwell's definition; the counterexample is the musical; his response appeals to familiar conventions; the writer objects that expected artistic displays still disrupt the film's reality. The final sentence criticizes the focus on genre categories and recommends examining perception first. Each step has a clear counterpart.
- B
The opening states Bordwell's thesis before challenging it. More importantly, the writer doesn't introduce a replacement counterthesis and argue that it should take over. The ending recommends a better focus for inquiry rather than supplying a new complete theory of classical film.
- C
The example doesn't illustrate Bordwell's thesis as a successful case. It is introduced as anomalous because its techniques draw attention away from the story. That reversal defeats the proposed sequence.
- D
Parts of the middle fit, but the ending does not offer a new thesis to replace Bordwell's. Asking scholars to study how conventions are acquired is not the same as supplying a substitute account.
- E
No opening research results are presented in support of Bordwell's thesis, and the writer doesn't acknowledge his response as legitimate. The response is criticized for stretching realism. This misdescribes both the setup and the author's final stance.
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