The War of the Worlds is a story about an alien invasion that takes place in England. For an American radio broadcast, Orson Welles adapted the story and changed its setting to the United States. How would the tone of the radio broadcast have felt different to citizens of these nations?A.Its message would be thought about more seriously by English people.B.It would feel scarier to Americans.C.It would feel scarier to English people.D.Its message would be thought about more seriously by Americans.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What change did Orson Welles make to the radio play of The War of the Worlds that caused its audience to panic?A.He set the story in the past.B.He added more dialogue to the radio play.C.He changed the setting to England.D.He presented the story as if it was happening in real time.

What's one difference between the radio broadcast War of the Worlds and the novel The War of the Worlds?A.The radio broadcast takes place in the United States instead of in England.B.The radio broadcast explains why people shouldn't take their lives for granted.C.The radio broadcast includes a narrator who explains the story's events.D.The radio broadcast ends with human viruses killing the Martians.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

How does the radio version of The War of the Worlds make the broadcast seem more credible?A.By setting the story in the real town of Princeton, New JerseyB.By frightening people and making them think they are being attackedC.By allowing one of the main characters to be killed by MartiansD.By including interviews with officials such as the U.S. secretary of the interiorSUBMITarrow_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

What did the radio version of The War of the Worlds do to ensure that the audience would understand it was fictional?A.Pretended that everyone in the audience had already read the H. G. Wells novelB.Sent letters to all households with a radio letting them know about the showC.Asked listeners to call in if they were frightened or afraid of the actionD.Announced before, during, and after the broadcast that the events were not realSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS