In 1916, Scott Joplin recorded "Maple Leaf Rag" on

a. the newly invented tape recorder.
b. a piano roll designed to be played on a player piano.
c. a new device that he invented called a "sonograph.".
d. a long-playing phonograph.

Answer: b. a piano roll designed to be played on a player piano.

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Surviving scenes from Lev Kuleshov's 1918 film, Engineer Prite's Project, suggest that:

A. Kuleshov employed Hollywood-style continuity guidelines. B. Kuleshov understood the principles of "intellectual montage" years before Sergei Eisenstein first applied the idea to his own work. C. in the years immediately following the revolution, even "revolutionary" Russian filmmakers continued to stage action and edit shots in the manner of the early Russian directors. D. it was completely assembled out of footage from existing American and German films.

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