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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 announces that the pageant is over?

2. In the pageant, what is used to represent a lake?

3. What show does Mrs. Manresa say she recently took her nephew to see?

4. What disrupts the Reverend's speech at the end of the pageant?

5. Where will proceeds from the pageant go?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Miss La Trobe evaluate her pageant after it is done? What does she begin to plan as she leaves Pointz Hall?

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

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

9. After the pageant resumes following the intermission, who takes to the stage? Who particularly likes this portion of the pageant?

10. What does the second scene of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" depict?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze and interpret the second scene of the pageant in the novel "Between the Acts". Describe the second scene. What takes place? How does the audience react? What is a restoration comedy? In what way is this scene a parody?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the conflicts in the novel "Between the Acts". Who is in conflict with whom? How do the characters deal with these conflicts? Are these conflicts resolved by the end of the novel?

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