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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. What is Hannah reading at the beginning of the scene?

2. Septimus describes carnal embrace as _______________________.

3. What is Hannah's gift to Bernard?

4. Lady Croom believes Thomasina has _______________________.

5. Where are the game books kept?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bernard cover his face before the photograph is taken for the newspaper?

2. Describe Lady Croom's character.

3. Why isn't Septimus bothered by the lost plays of Aeschylus as Thomasina is?

4. What does Hannah plan to do about her discovery?

5. Why does Bernard leave the party?

6. Why does Augustus join in Thomasina's drawing lesson?

7. How does Lady Croom's interpretation of "Et in Arcadia ego!" differ from Septimus'?

8. Why does Septimus burn Byron's letter without reading it?

9. Why does Thomasina get angry when Septimus translates from Latin?

10. Why couldn't Thomasina have carried out her calculations to completion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do Stoppard's characters have to say about love and sex in his play? Using any one character's dialogue as support, write an essay in which you identify Stoppard's messages about love and sex.

Essay Topic 2

Alfred North Whitehead said, "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." Does change in Stoppard's play indicate progress? Write an essay in which you explore Stoppard's message about change or progress, using specific examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Traditionally, temperaments that lean toward math and science might be viewed in opposition to those that favor literature and art. Considering the development of ideas surrounding math, science, literature, and art in "Arcadia," write an essay in which you identify Stoppard's message about the significance of any one discipline to our human experience.

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