Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions
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| Reading Comprehension Questions 1 6 3 Don’t forget to look for the author’s attitude in the material you read. Is it positive, negative, or neutral Ask yourself, how might the author have spoken if he or she had felt differently? The English language premiere of Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot took place in London in August 1955. Godot is an avant-garde play with only five characters (not including Mr. Godot, who never arrives) and a minimal setting one rock and one bare tree. The play has two acts the second act repeats what little action occurs in the first with few changes The tree, for instance, acquires one leaf. Ina statement that was to become famous, the critic, Vivian Mercer, has described Godot as a play in which nothing happens twice Opening night, critics and playgoers greeted the play with bafflement and derision. The line, Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes. It’s awful was met by aloud rejoinder of Hear Hear from an audience member. ____________________________________. However, Harold Hobson’s review in The Sunday Times managed to recognize the play for what history has proven it to be, a revolutionary moment in theater. 351. Which sentence, if inserted in the blank space on the previous page, would make the best sense in the context of the passage? a. The director, Peter Hall, had to beg the theater management not to close the play immediately but to wait for the Sunday reviews. b. Despite the audience reaction, the cast and director believed in the play. c. It looked as if Waiting for Godot was beginning along run as the most controversial play of London’s 1955 season. d. Waiting for Godot was in danger of closing the first week of its run and of becoming nothing more than a footnote in the annals of the English stage. 352. Judging from the information provided in the paragraph, which of the following statements is accurate? a. The 1955 production of Waiting for Godot was the play’s first performance. Download 3.61 Mb. Share with your friends:
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