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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. Why does Inspector Goole says it is better that Sheila stay even though he has finished questioning her?
(a) Because she needs to find out what happens next.
(b) Because her father has ordered her to.
(c) Because the pary won't be fun without her.
(d) Because if she leaves now, she will think Eva Smith’s suicide was all her fault.

2. Why does Eric not leave when he says he thinks he should?
(a) Inspector Goole ask him to stay.
(b) Arthur commands him to stay.
(c) He changes his mind.
(d) Inspector Goole blocks him.

3. At the beginning of the play, what does Arthur offer Gerald?
(a) Beer.
(b) Water.
(c) Port.
(d) Whiskey.

4. What does Gerald give Sheila?
(a) An engagement ring.
(b) A glass of whiskey.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A glass of port.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sheila call Eric?

2. What does Sheila show Sybil and Eric?

3. What does Gerald say Daisy Renton wanted?

4. What does Sheila refuse to believe?

5. To what does Sybil attribute Eric’s mood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sheila react when Gerald says he met Daisy Renton at the Palace Music Hall?

2. What is ironic when Arthur mentions “silly pessimistic talk” and says Gerald and Sheila are “marrying at a very good time ... and soon it’ll be an even better time” (9)?

3. Why does Arthur leave the room?

4. What is the chain of events behind Arthur’s firing of Eva Smith?

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

6. What happened to Eva Smith after Arthur fired her?

7. What does Sheila mean when she references “purple-faced old men”?

8. What do Gerald and Sheila argue about?

9. How does Gerald say he came to keep Daisy Renton as a mistress?

10. What is ironic about Sybil’s statement that “men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business” (7)?

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