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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. Where will proceeds from the pageant go?

2. After the pageant, who carries flowers to her husband's grave?

3. While waiting for the play to begin, what expression does someone ask the meaning of?

4. What does Miss La Trobe shout at the villagers while they are singing, "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?

5. Where does Isa invite William to go while they are in the barn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does one audience member critique the play-within-a-play, "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

What are some examples of romance in the novel "Between the Acts"? How does Woolf portray these romantic feelings? Is this a central element of the novel? What deeper meaning might these examples of romance contain?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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