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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miss La Trobe regard the pageant?

2. Why is Mrs. Manresa welcomed?

3. What has Mrs. Swithin nailed to the barn?

4. How does Isa feel about Mr. Haines?

5. What do Mrs. Swithin and Mr. Oliver wonder about in regards to the event?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the acting troupe prepare for the pageant?

2. As a skeptic and atheist, what does Mr. Oliver think about Mrs. Swithin?

3. What is the rumor about the lily pond near Pointz Hall? What does Mr. Oliver think of this rumor?

4. What thoughts does Isa have about the plot of the pageant?

5. What troubles does William have?

6. What does Miss La Trobe lament as the audience leaves for the intermission?

7. What does Isa remind herself of when she sees Giles?

8. Who accompanies Mrs. Swithin on a tour of Pointz Hall? What does she forget on the tour?

9. What does Mrs. Swithin talk about in the barn?

10. Who is Miss La Trobe? How does she carryout her role in the pageant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the first scene of the pageant in the novel "Between the Acts". Describe the first scene. How does the audience react to the first scene? What is the first scene about? Why is this scene an example of a Shakespearean scene? How does this scene illustrate the theme of romance?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the modernist elements found in "Between the Acts." What is modernism? What are some elements of modernism in the novel? What are some examples of modernism in the pageant? How does the audience react to these examples?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the third scene of the pageant in the novel "Between the Acts". Describe the third scene. What are the Victorian elements found in this scene? How does the audience react to the Victorian elements? Who are the characters in this scene?

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