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Question Paper Name: CINEMA STUDIES 30th May 2019 Shift 1 Set1

Subject Name: CINEMA STUDIES

Creation Date: 2019-05-30 13:50:43

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Duration: 180

Total Marks: 100

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CINEMA STUDIES

Group Number: 1

Group Id: 128206183

Group Maximum Duration: 0

Group Minimum Duration: 120

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Revisit allowed for view?: No

Revisit allowed for edit?: No

Break time: 0

Group Marks: 100

PART I

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Section Id: 128206505

Section Number: 1

Section type: Online

Mandatory or Optional: Mandatory

Number of Questions: 10

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Number of Questions to be attempted: 10

Section Marks: 20

Display Number Panel: Yes

Group All Questions: No

Sub-Section Number: 1

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Sub-Section Id: 128206488

Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes

Question Number: 1 Question Id: 12820610729 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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European flag does Three Colours Trilogy by Krzysztof Kieslowski refer to?

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  1. German
  2. British
  3. Spanish
  4. French

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12820642419. A

12820642420. B

12820642421. C

12820642422. D

Question Number: 2 Question Id: 12820610730 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Identify the theorist who said "In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation".

  1. Jean Baudrillard
  2. Gilles Deleuze
  3. Fredric Jameson
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  5. Guy Debord

Options:

12820642423. A

12820642424. B

12820642425. C

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12820642426. D

Question Number: 3 Question Id: 12820610731 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

Correct Marks: 2 Wrong Marks: 0

What is Acousmetre?

  1. Ambient sound
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  3. Voice unanchored from the body
  4. Diegetic sound
  5. Off-screen sound

Options:

12820642427. A

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12820642428. B

12820642429. C

12820642430. D

Question Number: 4 Question Id: 12820610732 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

Identify the theorist who said "In our culture (and iconography) permanent dreams of mankind do not suffice. The physiology of the eye, ear and the brain have to become objects of research. In order to optimize writing for machines, it must no longer be dreamt of as an expression of individuals or as a trace of bodies. The forms, differences, and frequencies of letters have to be reduced to formulas. Socalled man becomes physiology on the one hand and information technology on the other".

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  1. Andre Bazin
  2. Roland Barthes
  3. Friedrich Kittler
  4. Marshal McLuhan

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12820642431. A

12820642432. B

12820642433. C

12820642434. D

Question Number: 5 Question Id: 12820610733 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Correct Marks: 2 Wrong Marks: 0

Which of these is a definition of the hypodermic needle theory?

  1. A theory that suggests that the media 'injects' ideas into passive audiences, like giving a patient a drug
  2. A theory that suggests that celebrities glamorize drugs
  3. A theory that suggests that the public inject creativity into TV through reality television
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  5. A theory that views the audience as active in deflecting media messages

Options:

12820642435. A

12820642436. B

12820642437. C

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12820642438. D

Question Number: 6 Question Id: 12820610734 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

Correct Marks: 2 Wrong Marks: 0

Identify the theorist who said "The opposition between the styles of animation and cinema defined the culture of the moving image in the twentieth century".

  1. David Rodowick
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  3. Rick Altman
  4. Tom Conley
  5. Lev Manovich

Options:

12820642439. B

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12820642440. B

12820642441. C

12820642442. D

Question Number: 7 Question Id: 12820610735 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

Correct Marks: 2 Wrong Marks: 0

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Identify the author who made an argument about the "aesthetics of mobilization" in popular Hindi cinema.

  1. Ravi Vasudevan
  2. Ashish Rajadhyaksha
  3. Neepa Majumdar
  4. Madhava Prasad
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Options:

12820642443. A

12820642444. B

12820642445. C

12820642446. D

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Question Number: 8 Question Id: 12820610736 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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What is the overlapping theoretical construct at work in the writings of Jean Louis Comolli, Jean Louis Baudry, Christian Metz, and Laura Mulvey?

  1. The Cinematic Apparatus
  2. Panopticon
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  4. The Archive
  5. Montage

Options:

12820642447. A

12820642448. B

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12820642449. C

12820642450. D

Question Number: 9 Question Id: 12820610737 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

Correct Marks: 2 Wrong Marks: 0

Which of the following films is recognized as an iconic film of the Indian New Wave?

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  1. Bombay Hamara Sheher
  2. Bhuvan Shome
  3. Subarnarekha
  4. Neecha Nagar

Options:

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12820642451. A

12820642452. B

12820642453. C

12820642454. D

Question Number: 10 Question Id: 12820610738 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Correct Marks: 2 Wrong Marks: 0

What is the best way to classify Roman Polanski's Chinatown?

  1. Science Fiction
  2. Western
  3. Melodrama
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  5. Retro Noir

Options:

12820642455. A

12820642456. B

12820642457. C

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12820642458. D

PART II

Section Id: 128206306

Section Number: 2

Section type: Online

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Mandatory or Optional: Mandatory

Number of Questions: 1

Number of Questions to be attempted: 1

Section Marks: 5

Display Number Panel: Yes

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Group All Questions: No

Sub-Section Number: 1

Sub-Section Id: 128206489

Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes

Question Id: 12820610739 Question Type: COMPREHENSION Sub Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes Group Comprehension Questions: No

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Question Numbers: (11 to 15)

Question Label: Comprehension

Sub questions

Question Number: 11 Question Id: 12820610740 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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In her influential article on the film, "Ramble City: Postmodernism and Blade Runner" Giuliana Bruno has located the film's aesthetic imagination as:

  1. Ironic
  2. Expressionistic
  3. Futuristic
  4. Pastiche
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Options:

12820642459. A

12820642460. B

12820642461. C

12820642462. D

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Question Number: 12 Question Id: 12820610741 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The four Replicants at the heart of the film have been referred to as?

  1. Post-human
  2. Schizophrenic
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  4. Non-human
  5. All of the above

Options:

12820642463. A

12820642464. B

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12820642465. C

12820642466. D

Question Number: 13 Question Id: 12820610742 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Which science fiction sub-genre can you identify with Blade Runner?

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  1. Gothic science fiction
  2. Cyber punk
  3. Feminist science fiction
  4. Post-apocalyptic science fiction

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12820642467. A

12820642468. B

12820642469. C

12820642470. D

Question Number: 14 Question Id: 12820610743 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Which Science Fiction novel is the film based on?

  1. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
  2. Clockwork Orange
  3. Brave New World
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  5. The Time Machine

Options:

12820642471. A

12820642472. B

12820642473. C

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12820642474. D

Question Number: 15 Question Id: 12820610744 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Which city is the film located in?

  1. Tokyo
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  3. Shanghai
  4. Hong Kong
  5. Los Angeles

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12820642475. A

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12820642476. B

12820642477. C

PART III

Section Id: 128206307

Section Number: 3

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Section type: Online

Mandatory or Optional: Mandatory

Number of Questions: 5

Number of Questions to be attempted: 5

Section Marks: 75

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Display Number Panel: Yes

Group All Questions: No

Sub-Section Number: 1

Sub-Section Id: 128206490

Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes

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Question Id: 12820610745 Question Type: COMPREHENSION Sub Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes Group Comprehension Questions: No

Question Numbers: (16 to 20)

Question Label: Comprehension

Sub questions

Question Number: 16 Question Id: 12820610746 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Partha Chatterjee's dual domains of anti-colonial nationalism sought to understand:

  1. The social and moral principles that framed the position of women in the world of the nation
  2. The materiality of the West vs. the spirituality of the East
  3. How modernity is not rejected but made consistent with the goals of Indian nationalism
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  5. All of the above

Options:

12820642479. B

12820642480. B

12820642481. C

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12820642482. D

Question Number: 17 Question Id: 12820610747 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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How does the author relate to the formulation posed by Partha Chatterjee?

  1. She disagrees with his argument
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  3. Suggests a "fractious coexistence" of the inner and outer domains
  4. Argues that the "inner" was more important in the discourse of female stardom
  5. All of the above

Options:

12820642483. A

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12820642484. B

12820642485. C

12820642486. D

Question Number: 18 Question Id: 12820610748 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The "rationally functioning machinery of stardom" is best described as:

  1. The construction of personas through a combination of on-screen and offscreen, public and private identities
  2. The status created through star fees and endorsements
  3. The glamour and scandal circulating in sources outside of film as in newspapers, film magazines, in conversations between fans, television, and now increasingly via the Internet
  4. All of the above
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Options:

12820642487. A

12820642488. B

12820642489. C

12820642490. D

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Question Number: 19 Question Id: 12820610749 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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  1. A moral identity was considered necessary for female stardom in India
  2. The private lives of female stars had to be different from those of Hollywood stars
  3. Indian nationalism was crucial in framing the discourse of female stardom in the subcontinent
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  5. All of the above

Options:

12820642491. A

12820642492. B

12820642493. C

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12820642494. D

Question Number: 20 Question Id: 12820610750 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The author shows how a "split discourse" of female stardom emerged due to:

  1. Psychological portraits of female stars available in the press
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  3. Widespread presence of female performing artists in the public domain
  4. A desire to emulate the efficient structure of the Hollywood film industry and a belief in the moral superiority of a thriving Indian nationalism
  5. All of the above

Options:

12820642495. A

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12820642496. B

12820642497. C

12820642498. D

Sub-Section Number: 2

Sub-Section Id: 128206491

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Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes

Question Id: 12820610751 Question Type: COMPREHENSION Sub Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes Group Comprehension Questions: No

Question Numbers: (21 to 25)

Question Label: Comprehension

Sub questions

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Question Number: 21 Question Id: 12820610752 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The polemic about the face/body in early cinema has been necessitated by the writer's need to critique the following tendency in writings about early cinema:

  1. Cinema as being like dreams
  2. Cinema of attractions
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  4. Cinema as modern technological media
  5. Cinema as a medium defined by moving images

Options:

12820642499. A

12820642500. B

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12820642501. C

12820642502. D

Question Number: 22 Question Id: 12820610753 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The passage redefines a discursive subject in film studies such as the 'close up' by:

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  1. Making the analysis more materially sharp
  2. Connecting the older idea with a particular history of the body in the twentieth century
  3. Making the analysis more specific film-wise
  4. Noting that there is no difference between the older and new idea

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12820642503. A

12820642504. B

12820642505. C

12820642506. D

Question Number: 23 Question Id: 12820610754 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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'The mythic denial of death' formulation about early cinema images corresponds most closely to another important theoretical formulation in film studies, but in another field of reference. That theory is:

  1. Edgar Morin's theory of film stardom as humanity's quest for immortality
  2. André Bazin's theory of the 'Mummy Complex'
  3. Gilles Deleuze's theory of the 'Time Image'
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  5. Siegfried Kracauer's theory of 'Redemption of Physical Reality'

Options:

12820642507. A

12820642508. B

12820642509. C

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12820642510. D

Question Number: 24 Question Id: 12820610755 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The passage seems to be subtly hinting that:

  1. New media beginnings are made up of things we cannot clearly see at the beginning
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  3. New Media begins by going back to photography
  4. New media beginnings are more often than not entangled with violence and death
  5. New media origins are a primitive theatre

Options:

12820642511. A

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12820642512. B

12820642513. C

12820642514. D

Question Number: 25 Question Id: 12820610756 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The cult of the dead in film history culminates in contemporary cinema in:

  1. Neo-noir films
  2. Horror films
  3. Scandinavian crime films
  4. The cyborg
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Options:

12820642515. A

12820642516. B

12820642517. C

12820642518. D

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Sub-Section Number: 3

Sub-Section Id: 128206492

Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes

Question Id: 12820610757 Question Type: COMPREHENSION Sub Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes Group Comprehension Questions: No

Question Numbers: (26 to 30)

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Question Label: Comprehension

Sub questions

Question Number: 26 Question Id: 12820610758 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The use of archival documentary footage from French television coverage generates in the film:

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  1. An archive effect
  2. A history effect
  3. A counter archive of memory
  4. All of the above

Options:

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12820642519. A

12820642520. B

12820642521. C

12820642522. D

Question Number: 27 Question Id: 12820610759 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Correct Marks: 3 Wrong Marks: 0

The author in the passage identifies a particular problem with the film:

  1. The desire for an imagined national past
  2. The lack of historical agency
  3. The exotic presentation of Hong Kong's cosmopolitan ambience
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  5. All of the above

Options:

12820642523. A

12820642524. B

12820642525. C

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12820642526. D

Question Number: 28 Question Id: 12820610760 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The passage shows how the experience of alienation is expressed in the film through:

  1. Music, performance of traditional rituals and editing techniques
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  3. Narrative anarchy
  4. A realist depiction of Hong Kong
  5. Dialogues and gestures

Options:

12820642527. A

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12820642528. B

12820642529. C

12820642530. D

Question Number: 29 Question Id: 12820610761 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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