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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. How is Mrs. Manresa described?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Mrs. Swithin gives into whole-heartedly?

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

4. What is the name of Isa's youngest child?

5. What does the young girl return to the stage to announce?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the Haineses and Mr. Oliver discuss at the beginning of the novel?

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

4. What prompts Mrs. Swithin to wonder about a superstitious notion?

5. What thoughts does Isa have about the plot of the pageant?

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

7. What does Giles fume about while the group has tea?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Woolf's use of imagery in the novel "Between the Acts." What is imagery? What are some examples of imagery in the novel?

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

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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