Question

grammar passage that encounters 73 and without missing a beat reinterprets it. the only distinction that seemed to have existed for the earliest film audiences was between belief and understanding. to trust in such an improbable invention as the camera required a grand, collective leap of faith, similar to the kind required by religion or occult forms of spirituality. indeed, film was from the very start compared to 74 ghosts, phantoms, and dreams, figments that were authored by the mind but were not to be trusted by the rational brain. 75 these are also things that neither science nor religion had any way of making cohere, and as such would soon become signposts of psychology. it was films natural place inside of this same area – between something witnessed and something believed, something that exists but cannot be completely explained to the satisfaction of many – that made it appear uncanny by freuds famous 1919 definition: the thing that calls into question not only our external environment, but the stability of our own minds and susceptibilities, our faculties of perception. hint: most act english questions can be answered by looking at the referenced sentence without reading the whole passage question 5 / 5 this question refers to 74 choose the option that best improves the underlined portion of the sentence. a no change b ghosts, phantoms, and dreams. figments c ghosts, phantoms, and dreams, figments d ghosts, phantoms and dreams, and figments

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the sentence structure. The underlined part "ghosts, phantoms, and dreams, figments" needs to show that "figments" is an appositive (a noun phrase that renames or explains the preceding nouns). Option C uses a comma to set off "figments" as an appositive, correctly renaming "ghosts, phantoms, and dreams" as figments. Option A has a comma splice - like issue (connecting two independent - like parts with just a comma). Option B creates a new sentence with "Figments" which disrupts the flow as "figments" should explain the previous nouns. Option D misuses the conjunction "and" and doesn't properly show the appositive relationship.

Answer:

C. ghosts, phantoms, and dreams, figments