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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country is "Between the Acts" set in?
(a) America.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

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

3. What does the servant named Candish prepare for the event?
(a) The silverware.
(b) Banners.
(c) Bouquets.
(d) The lanterns.

4. Who is said to have drowned in the lily pond near Pointz Hall?
(a) Mr. Oliver's wife.
(b) A child.
(c) A noblewoman.
(d) A prince.

5. How does the audience react when Eliza Clark's character appears?
(a) They applaud politely.
(b) They whistle and cheer.
(c) They boo.
(d) They laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eliza Clark sell?

2. What does William have a brief fantasy about?

3. What does the first player who comes out on stage represent?

4. What religious figure appears in the pageant?

5. What does Mrs. Manresa wonder once the pageant starts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Mrs. Swithin laughed at while helping set up the event?

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

4. What troubles does William have?

5. What is the relationship between Isa and Mr. Haines?

6. What does Mrs. Swithin talk about in the barn?

7. What do the villagers do when 'Queen Elizabeth' returns to the stage?

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

9. What does Isa think about while watching George and company?

10. As a skeptic and atheist, what does Mr. Oliver think about Mrs. Swithin?

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