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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 role does Albert play?

2. What music plays after the young girl makes her announcement?

3. What is 'the old wall'?

4. What is the general opinion of Albert in real life?

5. What does Lucy Swithin like to read about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the rumor about the lily pond near Pointz Hall? What does Mr. Oliver think of this rumor?

3. What does Miss La Trobe lament as the audience leaves for the intermission?

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

5. Why does Mr. Oliver express disappointment in his grandson?

6. What does Lucy Swithin like to read and imagine?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some examples of romance in the novel "Between the Acts"? How does Woolf portray these romantic feelings? Is this a central element of the novel? What deeper meaning might these examples of romance contain?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the prologue of the pageant in the novel "Between the Acts". Describe the prologue. How does the audience react to it? Do any problems occur during the prologue? How are the themes of the novel illustrated in the prologue?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the modernist elements found in "Between the Acts." What is modernism? What are some elements of modernism in the novel? What are some examples of modernism in the pageant? How does the audience react to these examples?

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