The Prologue of Orson Welles's the Magnificent Ambersons

question 44

Multiple Choice

The prologue of Orson Welles's The Magnificent Ambersons

• A)contains a rare example of characters seeming to hear a nondiegetic narrator.
• B)contains a rare example of a nondiegetic on-screen narrator.
• C)consists of a lengthy soliloquy using internal diegetic sound.
• D)includes a scene where violins are used to simulate a woman's screams.

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