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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 says "All that fuss about nothing!" while "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" is being performed?

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

3. How is the third scene of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" conveyed to the audience?

4. In the evening, what painting does Mrs. Swithin stop by?

5. What does Lilyliver complain about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is used to set the stage for the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?

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

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

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

8. Who are the main characters of "A Picnic Party", and who do they find they have in common?

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

10. Where does Miss La Trobe go after the pageant?

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 the modernist elements found in "Between the Acts." What is modernism? What are some elements of modernism in the novel? What are some examples of modernism in the pageant? How does the audience react to these examples?

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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