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Suppose I am watching a movie and see a snake gliding toward its victim. Surely I might experience the same emotions of panic and distress, though I know the snake is not real. These responses extend even to phenomena not conventionally accepted as real. A movie about ghosts, for example, may be terrifying to all viewers, even those who firmly (i)_____the possibility of ghosts, but this is not because viewers are confusing cinematic depiction with (ii)_____. Moreover, I can feel strong emotions in response to objects of art that are interpretations, rather than (iii)_____, of reality: I am moved by Mozart's Requiem, a composition for the dead, but I know that I am not at a real funeral.

Blank(i)Blank(ii)Blank(iii)
A acknowledge D reality G panorama
B repudiate E fiction H annotation
C substantiate F scenario I representation

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