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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 does the servant named Candish prepare for the event?

2. What have Mr. Haines, his wife, and Mr. Oliver gathered to discuss at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Mr. Oliver tell Isa he is disappointed by?

4. What noise announces the beginning of the play?

5. What does the cook prepare for the event preparers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Giles' bad mood when he arrives at Pointz Hall?

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

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

4. Who accompanies Mrs. Swithin on a tour of Pointz Hall? What does she forget on the tour?

5. What does Mr. Oliver dream of when he falls asleep in the library?

6. What does Isa remind herself of when she sees Giles?

7. Who is Miss La Trobe? How does she carryout her role in the pageant?

8. What troubles does William have?

9. How does the pageant get off to a rocky start?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the career of the author of the novel "Between the Acts", Virginia Woolf. What are her accomplishments in regards to her writing career? What are some of her notable works? Do these works share some of the themes and techniques used in "Between the Acts"?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Woolf's use of allusions. What does she allude to throughout the novel? What is the meaning behind these allusions?

Essay Topic 3

What is stream of consciousness? How and why does Woolf use this narrative mode? How does it affect the tone and mood of the novel? How does it illustrate some of the themes of the novel?

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