The chart questions are worth up to 3 points if there are five options presented, and up to 4 points if there are seven options presented. Partial credit is given in this question format. | TOEFL iBT Reading Exhibitors however wanted to maximize their profits which they could do more readily by projecting a handful of films to hundreds of customers at a time rather than one at a time and by charging 25 to 50 cents admission. About a year after the opening of the first Kinetoscope parlor in 1894 showmen such as Louis and Auguste Lumière Thomas Armat and Charles Francis Jenkins and Orville and Woodville Latham with the assistance of Edison s former assistant William Dickson perfected projection devices. These early projection devices were used in vaudeville theaters legitimate theaters local town halls makeshift storefront theaters fairgrounds and amusement parks to show films to a mass audience. 4. The word readily in the passage is closest in meaning to O frequently O easily O intelligently O obviously 5. The word assistance in the passage is closest in meaning to O criticism O leadership O help O approval I With the advent of projection in 1895-1896 motion pictures became the ultimate form of mass consumption. Previously large audiences had viewed spectacles at the theater where vaudeville popular dramas musical and minstrel shows classical plays lectures and slide-and-lantern shows had been presented to several hundred spectators at a time. But the movies differed significantly from these other forms of entertainment which depended on either live performance or in the case of the slide-and-lantern shows the active involvement of a master of ceremonies who assembled the final program. 6. According to paragraph 4 how did the early movies differ from previous spectacles that were presented to large audiences O They were a more expensive form of entertainment. O They were viewed by larger audiences. O They were more educational. O They did not require live entertainers. 82 TOEFL iBT Reading I s o o 0 0 8. Which of the following is mentioned in paragraph 6 as one of the ways the Mutoscope differed from the Kinetoscope O Sound and motion were .
