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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. During the tour of Pointz Hall, what does Mrs. Swithin point out in a bedroom?

2. What does William have a brief fantasy about?

3. What does the young girl return to the stage to announce?

4. What is the name of Mr. Oliver's dog?

5. How does the audience react when Eliza Clark's character appears?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pointz Hall host every year? Where will the event take place should there be fair or rainy weather?

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

3. What does an old crone character recite on the stage?

4. What does Giles fume about while the group has tea?

5. What do William and Isa share a moment together doing? What thought briefly crosses William's mind while standing with Isa?

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

7. What do the Haineses and Mr. Oliver discuss at the beginning of the novel?

8. Who is Eliza Clark, what roles does she play and how does the audience react to her character?

9. How is Mrs. Manresa described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Woolf's use of humor in the novel "Between the Acts." What type of humor is used? How does it affect the tone of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What is stream of consciousness? How and why does Woolf use this narrative mode? How does it affect the tone and mood of the novel? How does it illustrate some of the themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the second scene of the pageant in the novel "Between the Acts". Describe the second scene. What takes place? How does the audience react? What is a restoration comedy? In what way is this scene a parody?

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