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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Arthur toast?
(a) Sheila and Gerald.
(b) Sybil and Sheila.
(c) Sheila and Eric.
(d) Himself and Sybil.

2. What does Arthur offer Gerald?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) Some whiskey.
(c) A beer.
(d) A cigar.

3. What other English authors does Arthur reference?
(a) Austen and Shelley.
(b) Keats and Yeats.
(c) Shakespeare and Chaucer.
(d) H.G. Wells and Bernard Shaw.

4. Why does Gerald not respond when Inspector Goole asks him if he was in love with Daisy Renton?
(a) He does not know what to say.
(b) He was not in love with her.
(c) The doorbell rings.
(d) Sheila and Arthur interrupt.

5. Who does Inspector Goole refuse to allow to see the photograph of Eva Smith?
(a) Sybil and Sheila.
(b) Eric and Sheila.
(c) Eric and Gerald.
(d) Gerald and Sheila.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur say women see as a sign of their self-respect?

2. Why does Sheila stay after Inspector Goole finishes questioning her?

3. Why does Edna exit in the opening scene?

4. For how long does Sheila say Eric has been drinking too much?

5. Why does Inspector Goole not let Gerald see the photograph?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sheila object when Sybil calls Eva Smith “girls of that class” (31)?

2. Why does Sheila say she got Eva Smith fired from Milward’s?

3. What do Gerald and Sheila argue about?

4. What is significant about Arthur’s mention of Russia in his monologue?

5. How does Eric feel about Eva Smith’s employment at Arthur’s company?

6. How do the members of the Birling family react to Eric’s drinking?

7. How does Arthur feel about Eva Smith’s suicide after Inspector Goole has questioned him?

8. What opportunity does Arthur see in Gerald and Sheila’s engagement?

9. What are Arthur’s views on social welfare?

10. Why does Arthur leave the room?

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