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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 does the servant named Candish prepare for the event?

2. Who does Mr. Oliver say "must have their ghosts"?

3. What does Mr. Oliver tell Isa he is disappointed by?

4. What does Lucy imagine as she looks out the window?

5. What does the group eat by the old wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the villagers do when 'Queen Elizabeth' returns to the stage?

2. Who is Eliza Clark, what roles does she play and how does the audience react to her character?

3. What does Lucy Swithin like to read and imagine?

4. What does Giles fume about while the group has tea?

5. Why is Mrs. Swithin laughed at while helping set up the event?

6. Who is the first player who comes on stage in the play?

7. Who is Miss La Trobe? How does she carryout her role in the pageant?

8. How does the pageant get off to a rocky start?

9. What is the relationship between Isa and Mr. Haines?

10. What role does Albert play, and why is it not considered a stretch for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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