A. EVER B. BEFORE C. PREVIOUSLY D. PRESENT IV. COMPREHENSION READI...

50.

A. ever

B. before

C. previously

D. present

IV. COMPREHENSION READING

Read the following passage. For questions 51 - 55, you are to choose one best answer (A, B,

C or D) to each question.

Edwin Forrest, often acknowledged as America’s first national idol of American theater, was

born in Philadelphia in 1806. He was only 14 years old when he played Young Norval in Home’s

Douglas. He gained experience supporting Edmund Kean in Shakespearean roles. In 1826 he

established himself as one of the great tragedians of the century with his role as Othello in a New

York debut. His acting was bold and forceful, though he was also criticized for his boasting and

loud language. His violent temper did not injure his reputation as an actor, though, and his last

appearance as Richelieu in Boston in 1871 was greeted with acclaim.