Arcadia | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act 1, Scene 1, Part 1

1. In what year does the play begin?

2. Where does the play take place?

3. Whose poem is Septimus reading?

4. Who is Mr. Noakes?

5. What piece of gossip does Thomasina mention to Septimus?

6. What is the title of the poem Septimus is reading?

7. Septimus describes carnal embrace as _______________________.

8. Thomasina is supposed to be studying

9. Why does Thomasina turn to Septimus for answers about sex?

10. Why does Septimus describe Noakes as the serpent in the garden?

11. Septimus compares Thomasina's rice pudding analogy to _____________________________.

12. Jellaby arrives to ________________________.

13. Septimus' reply to the letter is...
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