War of the Worlds
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The Martians die from a disease caused by bacteria
What actually happens to the Martians at the end of War of the Worlds?
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ANNOUNCER:
How would the speaker's name and line of dialogue appear in a radio script?
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Open answer
What are 3 specific examples from the War of the Worlds broadcast made some listeners believe that the Martian invasion was real?
200
(THEME MUSIC)
If theme music were to immediately follow the speaker's words, how would this detail be written in a radio script?
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Open answer
Cite at least 2 examples from the broadcast that would have been a cue for a careful listener to know that the broadcast was NOT real.
300
Place "..." between "present" and "Mercury Theatre on the Air" in the script
If the scriptwriter wanted to tell the actor to pause between the words "present" and "the Mercury Theatre on the Air" in the script, what symbol would the scriptwriter use to convey this message?
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- humans go underground - they learn to use the Martians' technology to counterstrike and take over the world Narrator's response: he walks away in disgust
Describe the two plans the stranger has to help humans survive.
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Interruptions, real music, real places
Why did listeners think the War of the Worlds was a real broadcast?
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Families evacuated their homes Concerned citizens called the radio station asking when the world was going to end Newspapers were trying to discredit the radio as a reliable news source
How did audiences react when they heard the broadcast? What did newspapers have to gain from these reports?
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October 30, 1938
When was War of the Worlds aired on the radio?
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