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Survey Of Motion Pictures Exam 1 Practice

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Which device category encompasses devices used to present motion pictures in classrooms during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Correct Answer:
Educational Film Devices
Explanation:
The main idea is recognizing that the devices used to show motion pictures in classrooms belong to a broad, educational category. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, teachers needed equipment that could project moving images for a group, so tools designed for educational film presentation were used. A kinetoscope is meant for individual viewing, not for classroom group viewing, and a zoetrope is an early animation device that isn’t film projection. While projectors were the workhorse for projecting films in a classroom, they sit inside the wider group of Educational Film Devices—the umbrella category for devices intended to present motion pictures in educational settings. So this category best captures the context and purpose of those tools in schools.

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