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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Inspector Goole not let Gerald see the photograph?
(a) Inspector Goole does not want Gerald to touch the photograph.
(b) Inspector Goole never wants Gerald to see the photograph.
(c) Inspector Goole is worried the photograph will upset Gerald.
(d) Inspector Goole says he wants to show it to one person at a time.

2. Why does Arthur ask Sheila if she is listening?
(a) She is talking to Gerald.
(b) She is getting up to leave the room.
(c) She is admiring her ring.
(d) She is falling asleep.

3. What did Sheila ask the manager of Milward’s to do?
(a) Hire her.
(b) Announce her engagement.
(c) Fire Eva Smith.
(d) Host her wedding registry.

4. What did Sheila threaten to do to the manager at Milward’s?
(a) Publicly defame him.
(b) Never go there again.
(c) Leave a bad review.
(d) Report him.

5. Why does Arthur say the evening is “one of the happiest nights” (8) of his life?
(a) They are celebrating the engagement of his daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft.
(b) He has been given a knighthood.
(c) He has become an alderman.
(d) He has been elected mayor.

6. What does Sheila refuse to believe?
(a) That Arthur fired Eva Smith.
(b) That Sybil rejected Mrs. Birling.
(c) That it is her fault that Eva Smith committed suicide.
(d) That Gerald had an affair with Daisy Renton.

7. Why does Sheila interrupt Sybil?
(a) Sheila thinks Sybil is lying.
(b) Sheila is afraid Sybil will incriminate herself.
(c) Sheila knows the story better than Sybil.
(d) Sheila thinks Sybil is talking nonsense.

8. What does Arthur threaten to do to Inspector Goole?
(a) Start a fight with him.
(b) Get him fired.
(c) Report him.
(d) Kick him out.

9. How old does Inspector Goole say Eva Smith was when she committed suicide?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 22.
(d) 24.

10. What does Inspector Goole say Eva Smith changed her name to?
(a) Daisy Renton.
(b) Eva Birling.
(c) Eva Renton.
(d) Daisy Birling.

11. What does Inspector Goole say was the original name of the young woman who committed suicide?
(a) Eva Smith.
(b) Daisy Renton.
(c) Sheila Birling.
(d) Mrs. Birling.

12. Who does Arthur say he plays golf with regularly?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The chief of police.
(c) An alderman.
(d) A police detective.

13. Who enters the room when Inspector Goole is questioning Arthur about Eva Smith?
(a) Gerald.
(b) Sybil.
(c) Eric.
(d) Sheila.

14. What do Gerald and Sheila say about Alderman Joe Meggarty?
(a) That he may receive a knighthood.
(b) That he sexually harasses women.
(c) That he frequents prostitutes.
(d) That he is not a real alderman.

15. What does Arthur say Eva Smith and her coworkers did after their request for a raise was refused?
(a) Held a demonstration.
(b) Quit.
(c) Went on strike.
(d) Kept working.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sheila refuse to leave?

2. To whom does Inspector Goole speak first when he enters?

3. What does Gerald give Sheila?

4. When does Inspector Goole say Eva Smith was fired?

5. Why can Gerald’s parents, George and Lady Croft, not be at the dinner party?

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