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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #46574 The Kinetoscope
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The Kinetoscope arcades were modeled on phonograph parlors, which had proven successful for Edison several years earlier. In the phonograph parlors, customers listened to recordings through individual ear tubes, moving from one machine to the next to hear different recorded speeches or pieces of music. The Kinetoscope parlors functioned in a simi lar way. Edison was more interested in the sale of Kinetoscopes (for roughly $1,000 apiece) to these parlors than in the films that would be run in them (which cost approximately $10 to $15 each). He refused to develop projection technology, reasoning that if he made and sold projectors, then exhibitors would purchase only one machine—a projector—from him instead of several.

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Option 2: "describe the model used to design Kinetoscope parlors"

Explanation: This option is correct as the text explicitly states that Kinetoscope arcades were modeled on phonograph parlors. The author uses the phonograph parlors to illustrate how Kinetoscope parlors were designed to function similarly, highlighting the organizational structure and customer experience.

Option 1: "explain Edison’s financial success"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not focus on Edison's financial success. Instead, it discusses the design and function of phonograph parlors as a model for Kinetoscope parlors. While financial aspects are mentioned, they are not the main purpose of discussing phonograph parlors.

Option 3: "contrast their popularity to that of Kinetoscope parlors"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not provide a comparison of popularity between phonograph parlors and Kinetoscope parlors. Instead, it focuses on how Kinetoscope parlors were inspired by phonograph parlors without discussing their relative popularity.

Option 4: "illustrate how much more technologically advanced Kinetoscope parlors were"

Explanation: This option is incorrect as the text does not claim that Kinetoscope parlors were more technologically advanced than phonograph parlors. It merely describes their similarities in operation and does not make a technological comparison.

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