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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. Who does Eliza Clark play in the pageant?
2. What is the general opinion of Albert in real life?
3. What does the group eat by the old wall?
4. What kind of dog does Mr. Oliver have?
5. Why did someone supposedly drown themselves in the lily pond?
Short Essay Questions
1. What thoughts does Isa have about the plot of the pageant?
2. As a skeptic and atheist, what does Mr. Oliver think about Mrs. Swithin?
3. How does the pageant get off to a rocky start?
4. Why is Mrs. Swithin laughed at while helping set up the event?
5. What role does Albert play, and why is it not considered a stretch for him?
6. What does Lucy Swithin like to read and imagine?
7. What is the relationship between Isa and Mr. Haines?
8. Who is the first player who comes on stage in the play?
9. Who accompanies Mrs. Swithin on a tour of Pointz Hall? What does she forget on the tour?
10. What do the Haineses and Mr. Oliver discuss at the beginning of the novel?
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
Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the novel. What happens at the end of the novel? Are all of the problems and conflicts resolved? Are there any unanswered questions? Was the pageant a success? What is the tone of the novel at the conclusion?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and interpret the final scene of the pageant in the novel "Between the Acts". Describe the final scene. Why is this scene considered the climax? What happens during this scene? How does the audience react?
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