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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 disrupts the Reverend's speech at the end of the pageant?
2. Who says "All that fuss about nothing!" while "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" is being performed?
3. In the evening, what painting does Mrs. Swithin stop by?
4. Who leaves Lady Harraden at the end of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?
5. What does Colonel Mayhew question leaving out of the pageant?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does nature save the awkwardness of the beginning of the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?
2. Where does Miss La Trobe go after the pageant?
3. What does William think to himself as he says good-bye to Mrs. Swithin?
4. 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?
5. What does Giles wonder about Isa when he sees her in the barn?
6. What does the second scene of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" depict?
7. What do many audience members object to in the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?
8. Who does Isa look for as the audience departs?
9. 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?
10. What does Reverend Streatfield ask the audience for at the end of the pageant? What interrupts him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the novel. What happens at the end of the novel? Are all of the problems and conflicts resolved? Are there any unanswered questions? Was the pageant a success? What is the tone of the novel at the conclusion?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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