What a spectacle - Questions


procedure

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Read the text through with your teacher to generally understand. Speak about the text and ask about any new words etc.,
Look at each question and locate line numbers in the text that refer to each question.
Choose your answer carefully. The incorrect answers may be wrong for different reasons.
  1. There is no direct reference to this statement in the text. (They may even be true but we can only guess)
  2. They contradict the text.
  3. They are partially true but not completely true.
  4. They are not relevant to the question.

The questions

  1. The Cirque du Soleil is a different kind of circus because:
    1. of the number of different acts
    2. the animals which perform are treated humanely
    3. of how dangerous the acts are.
    4. there are only human performers who often have more than one skill

  2. The Cirque du Soleil includes an act where someone:
    1. spins a large ball
    2. throws knives whilst blindfolded
    3. plays music whilst on the trapeze
    4. manipulates her body in unbelievable ways

  3. The Cirque du Soleil has made a big impact partly because:
    1. the audience gets to know some members of the circus personally
    2. of the colours of their costumes
    3. they involve members of the audience in the acts
    4. of the proximity of the audience to the acts

  4. Debora Brown believes
    1. The Cirque is more exciting than other circuses
    2. the essence of the Cirque is planning
    3. she has more scope for creativity than a normal choreographer
    4. her background as an Olympic coach is essential in her present work

  5. Guy Laliberte
    1. always knew he would end up in a circus
    2. got a poor college degree
    3. initially was a fairly typical circus performer
    4. seems to owe his success to his parents

  6. He chose the name for the circus because
    1. he associated the sun with success
    2. it had all the characteristics symbolised by the sun
    3. he only wanted young people as performers
    4. of a previous experience at an artists colony

  7. The reviewers attitude to the Cirque du Soleil is
    1. quite sarcastic
    2. essentially positive with one or two minor criticisms
    3. unreservedly enthusiastic
    4. largely neutral and objective