PrepTest 155, Section 3, Question 5
The following passage is adapted from a 2001(437 more words not shown)
The author most likely intends(7 more words not shown)
- Acall into question(11 more words not shown)
- Bcarry an implication(9 more words not shown)
- Ctrace the historical(11 more words not shown)
- Dsuggest that it(17 more words not shown)
- Echallenge the notion(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Translate the final sentence: it doesn't serve people who love early film to abandon the old programmers' insights. Which insights? Combining different kinds of films so that they balance and react against one another.
What we’re looking for
The sentence therefore carries a recommendation about how to exhibit these films now. It isn't a new historical account or a demand to locate the oldest surviving print.
Working the answers
- A
“Alleged” adds a critical tone, but the sentence isn't primarily investigating whether film enthusiasts are sincere. The criticism pushes them to follow the programming insight they are overlooking. Focusing only on that one word misses the recommendation.
- BCorrect
Don't forsake the earlier insight means don't discard the mixed program. The implication is to show early nonfiction alongside other kinds of films, preserving the context that helped those films work.
- C
The preceding sentence suggests that programming may have come from vaudeville. The final sentence tells present-day film lovers what to do with that insight; it doesn't trace the practice's historical origin.
- D
The author distinguishes the version of a film from the setting in which it is shown. Seeking out an early version doesn't, by itself, recreate a mixed program. This substitutes a different recommendation.
- E
Nothing here says contemporary audiences can never understand early film. The author is suggesting a better way to present it, not declaring understanding impossible.
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