Between the Acts Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Between the Acts Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first player who comes out on stage represent?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Imagination.
(c) The dead.
(d) England.

2. How does Isa feel about Mr. Haines?
(a) Isa is annoyed by Mr. Haines.
(b) Isa thinks Mr. Haines is witty.
(c) Isa is attracted to Mr. Haines.
(d) Isa thinks Mr. Haines is a brute.

3. Which of the following is NOT something Mrs. Swithin gives into whole-heartedly?
(a) Faith.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Religion.
(d) Science.

4. What does Eliza Clark sell?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Books.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Wool.

5. What religious figure appears in the pageant?
(a) A pope.
(b) An angel.
(c) A rabbi.
(d) A priest.

6. What is Mrs. Sands' tea said to taste like?
(a) Rust boiled in water.
(b) Dirt boiled in water.
(c) Linen boiled in water.
(d) Coffee boined in water.

7. What does the young girl return to the stage to announce?
(a) That charitable donations are being accepted in the barn.
(b) That the next scene has been cut.
(c) Intermission.
(d) That the pageant is over.

8. What does Mr. Oliver call his grandson after surprising him from behind a tree?
(a) A cry-baby.
(b) A brat.
(c) An old-soul.
(d) A prince.

9. How old is Mrs. Manresa?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Thirty-nine.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Twenty-eight.

10. Who makes up the acting troupe?
(a) School children.
(b) Actors from London.
(c) Ordinary villagers.
(d) Relatives of the Olivers'.

11. What does Isa wonder about the pageant?
(a) Whether the plot matters at all.
(b) Whether she has seen is performed before.
(c) Whether it will run until midnight.
(d) Whether the players made their own costumes.

12. What has Giles read about in the newspaper?
(a) Civilian casualties in Europe.
(b) The stock market crash.
(c) A fire in London.
(d) A famine in Africa.

13. What is the name of Mr. Oliver's son?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Giles.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Gareth.

14. What role does Albert play?
(a) A knight.
(b) The village idiot.
(c) A guardsman.
(d) A slave.

15. Which of the following is a problem William is facing?
(a) A gambling problem.
(b) A serious illness.
(c) A loveless marriage.
(d) Bankruptcy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT mentioned in the long and confusing passage that is recited in the play?

2. Which of the following is not one of Mrs. Sands' helpers?

3. What kind of birds are flying in the barn?

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

5. Who is the first player to appear in the play?

(see the answer keys)

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