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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 is the romantic comedy play that is performed in the pageant titled?

2. In the romantic comedy, who is the girl in love with?

3. What does the Reverend make of the pageant?

4. What animals does Mrs. Swithin reason have faith?

5. Who announces that the pageant is over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise of "Where There's a Will, There's A Way"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does one audience member critique the play-within-a-play, "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?

9. What does the narrator predict will happen between Giles and Isa at the end of the novel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Woolf's use of humor in the novel "Between the Acts." What type of humor is used? How does it affect the tone of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the characters of the novel, particularly the principle characters. Who are the principle characters, and why? What conflicts are they dealing with? Describe the relationships between these characters.

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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