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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. What does Inspector Goole say Daisy Renton did after Gerald broke up with her?
(a) Traveled to the seaside for two months.
(b) Committed suicide.
(c) Got fired from Milward's.
(d) Got fired from Arthur's company.

2. Why does Sybil say she was upset?
(a) Because Eric has a drinking problem.
(b) Because Eric had left the house.
(c) Because Gerald and Sheila broke off their engagement.
(d) Because Inspector Goole frightened her.

3. What proof does Gerald have that Inspector Goole was talking about different women?
(a) The police told him there is no one like Inspector Goole on the force.
(b) Inspector Goole is unlike other police detectives he's met.
(c) Inspector Goole did not look or talk like a real police detective.
(d) Inspector Goole may not have shown the family members the same photograph.

4. Who does Eric blame for Eva Smith’s death?
(a) Himself.
(b) Almost all of the other characters.
(c) Eva Smith.
(d) Inspector Goole.

5. What do Sybil and Sheila disagree about?
(a) Whether or not Inspector Goole is a real police detective.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Eric's drinking.
(d) Sheila's engagement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerald say happened after he broke up with Daisy Renton?

2. Why does Gerald make a call?

3. What does Inspector Goole say the other characters can not do now?

4. Who begins crying after Inspector Goole leaves?

5. About what does Eric express doubt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sybil respond to her own admission that she refused to help Mrs. Birling?

2. Why does Sheila become so upset at the end of Act II?

3. What does Arthur accuse the other characters of doing?

4. What is the difference between how Arthur and Sybil react to the revelation that Inspector Goole tricked them and how Eric and Sheila react?

5. How does Arthur describe how Inspector Goole was able to trick most of the other characters?

6. What is revealed to Eric about what happened while he was absent?

7. Why does Sheila say it does not matter whether Inspector Goole was a real police detective or not?

8. What makes Gerald think Inspector Goole was not a real police officer?

9. What is the significance of Eric’s monologue in Act III?

10. Where did Eric say he got the money he gave Mrs. Birling?

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