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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "All that fuss about nothing!" while "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" is being performed?
(a) Miss La Trobe.
(b) An anonymous audience member.
(c) Mr. Oliver.
(d) Giles.

2. How do Giles, Isa and William all feel inside while they wait for the pageant to resume?
(a) Tired.
(b) Content.
(c) Desperately unhappy.
(d) Excited.

3. Who leaves Lady Harraden at the end of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her servant.

4. What does the Reverend observe about the pageant?
(a) That it has shown that humankind is united.
(b) That it has shown that humankind is flawed.
(c) That it has shown that humankind is hilarious.
(d) That it has shown that humankind is evil.

5. What does Edgar hide from in the play?
(a) The police.
(b) Edgar's father.
(c) The tax collectors.
(d) Eleanor's mother.

6. What is the character, Eleanor's, surname?
(a) Hardcastle.
(b) Handley.
(c) Heath.
(d) Harrington.

7. What is heard from the terrace while "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" is performed?
(a) Cows mooing.
(b) Hooting owls.
(c) Some small children saying amusing things.
(d) A dog barking incessantly.

8. Around what year is the scene featuring Edgar and Eleanor set?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1830.

9. Who does Giles imagine himself as after "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" ends?
(a) Valentine.
(b) A prince.
(c) Lilyliver.
(d) A warrior.

10. What is the romantic comedy play that is performed in the pageant titled?
(a) Where There's a Will, There's a Way.
(b) The London Cuckolds.
(c) Love Makes a Man.
(d) The Curious Impertinent.

11. What is pointed toward the audience in the act which follows "A Picnic Party"?
(a) A light.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A water hose.
(d) An electric fan.

12. In the pageant, what is used to represent a lake?
(a) A basin.
(b) The garden's pond.
(c) Tin foil.
(d) A sheet.

13. Who does Budge's character NOT claim to have seen?
(a) The Czar of Russia.
(b) The Sultan of Morocco.
(c) The Queen of England.
(d) The Shah of Persia.

14. Where does Miss La Trobe go after the pageant ends?
(a) To sit by the lily pond.
(b) To a pub.
(c) To her house.
(d) To have dessert with the Olivers.

15. What noise does the machine in the bushes make?
(a) Clunk, clunk, clunk.
(b) Chuff, chuff, chuff.
(c) Creak, creak, creak.
(d) Click, clicl, click.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gramophone play after the Victorian section of the pageant?

2. What does Miss La Trobe plan as she leaves the lawn?

3. In the romantic comedy, what is the name of the aunt's maid?

4. What is used to get the audience's attention and stops them from dispersing after the final act of the pageant?

5. When the pageant starts again after the intermission, what does the young woman who takes to the stage personify?

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