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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 name of the clergyman in the romantic comedy play?

2. How does Albert create the sound of horses' hooves?

3. What does the Reverend make of the pageant?

4. Who does Giles imagine himself as after "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" ends?

5. What is used to get the audience's attention and stops them from dispersing after the final act of the pageant?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Where does Isa invite William to go with her?

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

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

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

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

8. What makes Isa angry when she sees Giles in the barn?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Woolf's use of imagery in the novel "Between the Acts." What is imagery? What are some examples of imagery in the novel?

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

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?

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