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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. How does Mrs. Mayhew expect the pageant will end?

3. Where does Miss La Trobe go after the pageant ends?

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

5. What are Edgar and Eleanor both dedicated to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. What does the second scene of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" depict?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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?

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