Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.
1. The four- act drama 'The Iceman Cometh', written by American playwright Eugence O' Neil in 1939 and first produced in 1946 (film 1973) is one of the greatest plays.
A. The play observes the inhabitants of a seedy saloon-hotel in New York City.
B. The barflies in turn reveal the 'pipe dreams' sustaining them in their defeated lives, goaded by a 'reformed' salesman, Theodore Hickman (“Hickey”) whose arrival they had been awaiting.
C. Hickey at last reveals that his own 'conversion' is illusory, and policemen lead him away for his wife's murder, to which he has confessed.
D. It is based on a short story from 1917.
6. The barflies return to their pipe dreams.
1. The four- act drama 'The Iceman Cometh', written by American playwright Eugence O' Neil in 1939 and first produced in 1946 (film 1973) is one of the greatest plays.
A. The play observes the inhabitants of a seedy saloon-hotel in New York City.
B. The barflies in turn reveal the 'pipe dreams' sustaining them in their defeated lives, goaded by a 'reformed' salesman, Theodore Hickman (“Hickey”) whose arrival they had been awaiting.
C. Hickey at last reveals that his own 'conversion' is illusory, and policemen lead him away for his wife's murder, to which he has confessed.
D. It is based on a short story from 1917.
6. The barflies return to their pipe dreams.
Reveal answer
Fill a bubble to check yourself