The Newsreel Sequence in Citizen Kane

question 18

Multiple Choice

The newsreel sequence in Citizen Kane

• A)provides the only presentation of the events in Kane's life in perfect chronological order.
• B)presents a brief version of narrative events in roughly the same order as the film does.
• C)summarizes events spectators have already seen in flashback and provides a crucial clue to the narrative's resolution.
• D)finally gives the spectator an explanation of Kane's mysterious final word,"Rosebud."

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