PrepTest 155, Section 3, Question 7
The following passage is adapted from a 2001(437 more words not shown)
It can be inferred from(21 more words not shown)
- AThey are usually(13 more words not shown)
- BProducing them is(18 more words not shown)
- CParadoxically, even though(19 more words not shown)
- DThe time and(18 more words not shown)
- EIn the vast(20 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Keep the two sides of authenticity separate. An archive can restore a film to an early version and still screen it in an inauthentic setting. The author criticizes ignoring that second side, not the very possibility of restoring a film.
What we’re looking for
Our prediction is that the effort spent on the version may lose some of its value if presenters neglect the program around it. The text says exhibition authenticity is “sometimes” lost, so we shouldn't condemn every directors' cut or rank it against versions the author never compares.
Working the answers
- A
Calling the restorations marketing gimmicks with no artistic value goes well beyond the criticism. Fanfare accompanies their presentation, but the author doesn't establish that they are usually empty promotions.
- B
The author doesn't say authentic restoration is an impossible goal. The problem is treating restoration as the whole job. A presenter could attend to both the film and its setting.
- C
This begins with a familiar contrast—pursuing authenticity yet overlooking it—but ends by ranking these versions below other versions. The author doesn't make that comparison. The complaint concerns the exhibition setting, not evidence that a different cut of the film would be more authentic.
- DCorrect
Time spent restoring a film can be undermined if the screening removes the context that once gave it life. “Potentially wasted” leaves room for that risk without claiming every restoration is wholly worthless. This captures the missing half of the effort to provide an authentic experience.
- E
Nothing establishes that a directors' cut is by far the best experience in the vast majority of cases. The author warns that the version alone doesn't settle the quality or authenticity of its exhibition.
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