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

3. What is pointed toward the audience in the act which follows "A Picnic Party"?

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

5. In the evening, what does Isa do in the sitting room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. Where does Miss La Trobe go after the pageant?

7. What does Reverend Streatfield ask the audience for at the end of the pageant? What interrupts him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the career of the author of the novel "Between the Acts", Virginia Woolf. What are her accomplishments in regards to her writing career? What are some of her notable works? Do these works share some of the themes and techniques used in "Between the Acts"?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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