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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. In the romantic comedy, what is the name of the girl's aunt?

2. What is Lady Harraden's second scheme to get Flavinda's father's wealth?

3. Where did Isa's mother die?

4. Of whom does Mrs. Swithin say "[They] put a dagger on the table and that's a battle"?

5. What does Isa listen to as she crosses the lawn after the end of the pageant?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the audience talk about while they wait for the next scene of the pageant to commence?

3. What does William think to himself as he says good-bye to Mrs. Swithin?

4. What does Giles wonder about Isa when he sees her in the barn?

5. What is used to set the stage for the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?

6. What do many audience members object to in the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?

7. After the pageant resumes following the intermission, who takes to the stage? Who particularly likes this portion of the pageant?

8. What did Miss La Trobe hope to start the "Ourselves" section of the pageant with?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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