Early Cinema Toefl Practice Set 3

In paragraph 1,all of the following were true of viewing films in Kinetoscope palors EXCEPT:

• One person at a time viewed a film

• Customers could view one film after another

• Prizefights were the most popular subjects for films.

• Each film was short

The writer discusses phonograph parlors in paragraph 2 in order to

• Explain Edison's financial success

• Describe the model used for the Kinetoscope parlors

• Contrast the popularity to that of Kinetoscope parlors

• illustrate how much more technologically advanced Kinotoscope parlors were

Which sentence best expresses the information of the last sentence of paragraph 2?

• Edison was more interested in developing a variety of machines than in developing a technology based on only one.

• Edison refused to work on projection technology because he did not think people would replace their projectors with newer machines

• Edison did not want to develop projection technology because it limited the number of machines he could sell

• Edison would not develop projection technology unless exhibitors agreed to purchase more than one projector from him

The word readily in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

• frequently

• easily

• intelligently

• obviously

The word assistance is the closest in meaning to

• criticism

• leadership

• help

• approval

In paragraph 4 how did early movies differ from previous eventsthat were presented to large audiences?

• They were a more expensive form of entertainment

• They were viewed by larger audiences

• They were more educational

• They did not require live entertainers

In paragraph 5 what role did early exhibitors play in the presentation of movies in theaters

• They decided how to combine various components of the film program

• They advised filmakers on approriate movie content

• They often took part in live-action performance

• They produced and pre-recorded the material that was shown in the theaters

In paragraph 6.Which of the following is mentioned as one of the ways the Mutoscope differed from the Kintoscope?

• Sound and motion were simultaneously produced in the Mutoscope

• More than one person at a time could view the images in the Mutoscope

• The Mutoscope was a less sophisticated earlier prototype of the Kinetoscope

• A different type of material was used to produced the images in the Mutoscope

The word ''It'' in the passage refers to

• the advent of projection

• the viewers relationship with the image

• a similar machine

• celluloid

In paragraph 6 ,the images seen by viewers in the earlier peepshows ,compared with images projected on the screen ,were relatively

• small in size

• inexpensive to create

• unfocused

• limited in subject matter