Macondo Dazzled by so many and such marvellous inventions, the people of Macondo did not know where their amazement began. They stayed up all night looking at the pale electric bulbs fed by the plant that Aureliano Triste had brought back when the train made second trip, and it took time and effort for them to grow accustomed to its obsessive toom-toom. They became indignant over the living images that the prosperous merchant Don Bruno Crespi projected in the theatre with the lion-head ticket windows, for a character who had died and was buried in one film, and for whose misfortune tears of affliction had been shed, would reappear alive and transformed into an Arab in the next one. The audience, who paid two centavos apiece to share the difficulties of the actors, would not tolerate that outlandish fraud and they broke up the seats. The mayor, at the urging of Don Bruno Crespi, explained by means of a proclamation that the cinema was a machine of illusions that did not merit the emotional outburst of the audience. With that discouraging explanation many felt that they had been the victims of some new and showy gypsy business and they decided not to return to the movies, considering that they already had too many troubles of their own to weep over the acted -out misfortunes of imaginary beings.
question 1: Macondo What feature of the movies caused the people of Macondo to
become angry?
question 2: Macondo At the end of the passage, why did the people of Macondo decide not to return to the movies?
A. They wanted amusement and distraction, but found that the movies were realistic
and depressing.
B. They could not afford the ticket prices.
C. They wanted to save their emotions for real-life occasions.
D. They were seeking emotional involvement, but found the movies boring, unconvincing and of poor quality.
question 3: Macondo Who are the "imaginary beings" referred to in the last line of the
passage?
A. Ghosts.
B. Fairground inventions.
C. Characters in the movies.
D. Actors.
question 4: Macondo Do you agree with the final judgement of the people of Macondo about the value of the movies? Explain your answer by comparing your attitude to the
movies with theirs.
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