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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 aunt's maid?

2. What does Edgar hide from in the play?

3. What does Miss La Trobe shout at the villagers while they are singing, "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?

4. In the evening, what does Isa do in the sitting room?

5. When the pageant starts again after the intermission, what does the young woman who takes to the stage personify?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scheme does Lady Harraden come up with involving a con-man?

2. Who does Isa look for as the audience departs?

3. How does Miss La Trobe evaluate her pageant after it is done? What does she begin to plan as she leaves Pointz Hall?

4. What role does Budge play in the pageant, and what does he explain to the audience?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the second scene of the pageant in the novel "Between the Acts". Describe the second scene. What takes place? How does the audience react? What is a restoration comedy? In what way is this scene a parody?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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