Before the radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, Orson Welles believed that his audience would be:A.frightened by the events of the story.B.annoyed at hearing a story that was unlikely to happen.C.angry at being tricked into believing that the story was real.D.excited to be involved in such an entertaining broadcast.

How did Orson Welles create suspense and excitement with his radio broadcast War of the Worlds?A.By causing chaos among his listeners, who were fleeing their homes because of the attackB.By teaching audiences how to defeat an alien attack if it really happenedC.By telling the story as if it were happening right then instead of reading directly from the novelD.By helping audiences understand that the story was set in the past and was not realSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What reason does Orson Welles give at the press conference for his reaction to the panic caused by his radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds?A.The H. G. Wells novel is a classic and the story is well known.B.Listeners had already heard advertisements for his adaptation of The War of the Worlds.C.The broadcast included announcements that the events were not real.D.The police had informed the audience that nothing was happening.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Orson Welles concludes the radio broadcast War of the Worlds in which way?A.By warning the listeners that they need to be more prepared.B.By telling the listeners to "stay tuned" for more information.C.By telling the listeners that the story was not real and offering them a moral.D.By revealing that the entire broadcast was an April Fool's joke.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 1 of 10Why did Welles react the way he did at the press conference after his radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds?A.He didn't realize audiences would automatically believe what they heard on the radio.B.He assumed listeners would recognize his voice from his previous radio broadcasts.C.He included several announcements within the broadcast stating the story was not real.D.He thought the H. G. Wells novel was so well known that people would recognize it.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What strategy does Orson Welles use to make the radio play of The War of the Worlds more frightening for its audience than the book does for its reader?A.A first person narratorB.DialogueC.Real life charactersD.A news broadcast format