Before this phrase, the author pointed out that movie studios realized they could profit from publicity related to the private lives of actors. Then, the author points out that the press could benefit too from the studios’ promotion of new films. So “cross-fertilization” refers to the way in which both the press and the movie studios benefit from each other’s actions.
a
competition among different ████████ ██ ███ ████ ████ █████
There’s no evidence that the phrase refers to competition.
0%
b
the interrelationship of █████████ ██████ ████ █████ █████ ██ ███████ ███
There’s no evidence that the phrase relates to other kinds of art.
2%
c
Hollywood film studios' █████████ ████ ███ █████ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███████████ ████ ███ ██████
This wouldn’t make sense, because we’re already told earlier in the paragraph that studios have already benefited from the publicity related to actors’ public lives.
5%
d
the press's mutually ██████████ ████████████ ████ █████████ ████ ███████
This best captures the meaning. The press benefits from studios, and the studios benefit from the press.
89%
e
interactions between public █████████ ██████ ███ ███ █████
There’s no evidence that the phrase relates to the relationship between agents and the press.
4%
Difficulty
89% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is somewhat easier than other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%139
148
75%157
Analysis
Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Stems that ask us to interpret the meaning of a word, phrase, or idea given the context in which it appears.
An umbrella tag marking questions that test our understanding of the passage's overall structure (e.g. Main point, Purpose of paragraph, Meaning in context, Describe organization).
Passages that present a particular problem and then discuss the implications of that problem. They also often explore one or more solutions to that problem (although they don’t have to).
