PrepTest 155, Section 3, Question 2
The following passage is adapted from a 2001(437 more words not shown)
According to the passage, which(10 more words not shown)
- AThey were produced(8 more words not shown)
- BThey were rarely(4 more words not shown)
- CThey were heavily(5 more words not shown)
- DThey were usually(5 more words not shown)
- EThey were no(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Recall the old viewing experience: several kinds of short films shared a program, and nonfiction usually played a supporting role. This question asks for something the text actually says. A detail about programming or a plausible guess about the film industry won't establish a claim about the films themselves.
Working the answers
- A
The author mentions films grouped by maker or studio, but doesn't describe studios specializing exclusively in nonfiction. The studio connection tells us how a retrospective might be organized, not everything those studios produced.
- B
We aren't told how often films were credited to individual directors. Nothing here establishes that crediting practice.
- C
The possible inheritance from vaudeville concerns the arrangement of a mixed program. It doesn't establish that the nonfiction films themselves were heavily influenced by vaudeville. Keep the exhibition practice separate from the works being exhibited.
- DCorrect
The second paragraph says that, “With some exceptions,” nonfiction films were supporting films rather than main attractions. That directly supports “usually”; we don't need an inference about their popularity or quality.
- E
Being shown alongside comedies and dramas doesn't mean being equally popular. Imagine viewers eagerly awaiting the comedy but taking a bathroom break during a nonfiction segment—or enjoying the nonfiction most. Either response could occur within a mixed program. We aren't told which kinds audiences preferred.
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