TOEFL – Section 1: Test 4

1. Question

Why did Capa change his name?

A. To hide his identity
B. Because he had been involved in protests
C. To sound more American
D. Because he had to leave Hungary

2. Question

Capa originally wanted to be

A. A photojournalist
B. A writer
C. American
D. A protestor

3. Question

Capa went to Spain to

A. fight in the civil war.
B. build his reputation.
C. have a holiday.
D. take photographs.

4. Question

Capa’s famous picture Death of a Loyalist Soldier

A. was taken by someone else.
B. was definitely genuine.
C. wasn’t even taken in Spain.
D. cannot be proven genuine or staged.

5. Question

When World War II broke out Capa

A. went to New York.
B. swam ashore on Omaha Beach.
C. went to Europe.
D. went to Normandy.

6. Question

A mistake meant that

A. only one hundred of Capa’s photographs were published.
B. Capa lost both of his two cameras.
C. Capa’s images inspired an Oscar winning movie.
D. Most of Capa’s images of the D-Day landing were destroyed.

7. Question

Capa’s private life was

A. less dramatic than his professional life.
B. spent mostly in Hollywood.
C. very glamorous.
D. spent in Turkey.

8. Question

Capa wanted his work to

A. be very famous.
B. show how glamorous war can be.
C. show the true horror of war.
D. make lots of money.

9. Question

Which sentence best paraphrases paragraph 5?

A. Capa had a tragic private life and was never able to settle down and find happiness.
B. Despite having many good friends and lovers, Capa always put his work first.
C. Capa wanted to make friends with important people in Hollywood so that he could move into the movie industry.
D. Capa’s private life was very complicated. He could not choose between the two women he loved, so he went off to work in Turkey.

10. Question

Which sentence best paraphrases paragraph 4?

A. Capa never tried to avoid danger. He risked his life to take photographs of the D-Day invasion, but then destroyed most of them.
B. Capa took some of his most famous photographs during the D-Day invasion, but most were tragically destroyed in an accident.
C. Capa only kept the best eight D-Day photographs as the others were out of focus. These inspired the visual style of a Hollywood film.
D. Capa left Europe when the war broke out and went to take his most famous photographs of the D-Day invasion.

11. Question

Which THREE sentences best summarize the passage?

A. Capa’s work tried to show the beauty within the horror of war, that’s why so many photographers have tried to copy his work.
B. From his earliest years Capa was active in political journalism and reporting. This often got him into trouble with the authorities.
C. Capa was not afraid to get close to his work and often risked his life to ensure that his photographs were as good as they could be.
D. Capa wanted to have a glamorous life style and so he made friends with Hollywood film stars and even had a film, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ made about him.
E. Capa was deeply committed to trying to stop war and he left behind him a legacy that continued to support and inspire other photojournalists to continue this work.
F. Capa had always wanted to be as American as possible, so after the war he changed his name and went to live in America.

TOEFL – Section 1: Test 4

TOEFL – Section 1: Test 4

Justice August 20, 2017

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