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

2. According to the young woman who takes to the stage, who or what "leaning on his sickle, stands amazed?"

3. Where does Flavinda await her love in "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?

4. How long does Miss La Trobe want the silent part of the act which follows "A Picnic Party" to last?

5. What does Candish bring to the family on a silver salver?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the stage set for "A Picnic Party"?

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

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

8. What does Reverend Streatfield ask the audience for at the end of the pageant? What interrupts him?

9. What do Isa, William and Giles think about after "A Picnic Party" ends?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Woolf's use of allegory in the novel "Between the Acts". What are some examples in the novel? What are the meanings behind the examples?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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