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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Septimus doing while the others sleep?

2. Valentine describes Thomasina's diagram as ___________________.

3. Why do Valentine, Bernard, Hannah, and Chloe leave during the scene?

4. Lady Croom objects to Septimus' love letter because _________________________.

5. What tabloid headline does Hannah share with the Crooms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

George Jean Nathan once remarked, "Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people." Consider the role of wealth and privilege in Stoppard's play and then defend, refute, or qualify Nathan's quote as it applies to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Considering the research styles of Bernard and Hannah's characters, write an essay in which you determine whether one of them is a more responsible historian than the other. Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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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