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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 Isa listen to as she crosses the lawn after the end of the pageant?

2. Who greets and congratulates Miss La Trobe while the pageant is still on going?

3. What is Mr. Oliver's laughter after "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" ends compared to?

4. What does Giles think the moral of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" is?

5. Who does Mr. Oliver say should not be thanked for the pageant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Isa go when she slips away from the pageant audience? What do she do as she wanders around?

2. Where does Miss La Trobe go after the pageant?

3. What does a voice over a megaphone call out to the audience?

4. How does Mrs. Swithin break convention during the pageant?

5. How does nature save the awkwardness of the beginning of the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?

6. What does the second scene of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" depict?

7. What makes Isa angry when she sees Giles in the barn?

8. What does Giles imagine himself as after "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" ended, and what did he take as the moral of the story?

9. When Mrs. Swithin suggests thanking Miss La Trobe after the pageant is over, what does Mr. Oliver explain?

10. Who are the main characters of "A Picnic Party", and who do they find they have in common?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Fantasy is a central theme of the novel. What are some examples of fantasy in the novel? What might the significance of these examples be? What do these fantasies tell the reader about the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of obliviousness in the novel "Between the Acts." What are the characters largely oblivious of? Giles is a character who is not oblivious- how does he react to the other characters' obliviousness?

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