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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 is the first player to appear in the play?

2. What religious figure appears in the pageant?

3. Who is Miss La Trobe?

4. What do Mrs. Swithin and Mr. Oliver wonder about in regards to the event?

5. What word do people use to refer to Miss La Trobe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mrs. Manresa described?

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

3. What do William and Isa share a moment together doing? What thought briefly crosses William's mind while standing with Isa?

4. What troubles does William have?

5. What do Mrs. Sands and Candish do to prepare for the event?

6. What does Miss La Trobe lament as the audience leaves for the intermission?

7. What does Isa remind herself of when she sees Giles?

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

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

10. Who accompanies Mrs. Swithin on a tour of Pointz Hall? What does she forget on the tour?

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

Discuss Woolf's use of imagery in the novel "Between the Acts." What is imagery? What are some examples of imagery in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Woolf's use of allusions. What does she allude to throughout the novel? What is the meaning behind these allusions?

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