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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. While waiting for the play to begin, what expression does someone ask the meaning of?
2. In the evening, what painting does Mrs. Swithin stop by?
3. Of whom does Mrs. Swithin say "[They] put a dagger on the table and that's a battle"?
4. What does Giles think the moral of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" is?
5. Who does Isa follow back from the stable yard?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Isa look for as the audience departs?
2. How does Mrs. Swithin break convention during the pageant?
3. Where does Isa go when she slips away from the pageant audience? What do she do as she wanders around?
4. What does the narrator predict will happen between Giles and Isa at the end of the novel?
5. How is the third section of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" conveyed to the audience? What amused the audience during this dead moment in the program?
6. What does the audience talk about while they wait for the next scene of the pageant to commence?
7. What do Isa, William and Giles think about after "A Picnic Party" ends?
8. What scheme does Lady Harraden come up with involving a con-man?
9. What does a voice over a megaphone call out to the audience?
10. What does Giles wonder about Isa when he sees her in the barn?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Analyze and interpret the relationship between Giles and Isa. What problems are they facing in their marriage? How are they dealing with these problems? What happens at the end of the novel that suggests a possible reconciliation?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and interpret the third scene of the pageant in the novel "Between the Acts". Describe the third scene. What are the Victorian elements found in this scene? How does the audience react to the Victorian elements? Who are the characters in this scene?
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