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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Three, pp. 48-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sheila say Eva Smith did to her at Milward’s?
(a) Called her names.
(b) Laughed at her.
(c) Made an obscene gesture at her.
(d) Smiled at her.

2. Why did Sybil ask Edna to wait up?
(a) To answer the door.
(b) To clear the table.
(c) To send Sheila and Eric to bed.
(d) To make tea for the other characters.

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

4. Where does Eric say he met Mrs. Birling?
(a) At the police station.
(b) At the County Hotel.
(c) In the Palace bar.
(d) At the hospital.

5. When was Eva Smith fired from Milward’s?
(a) November 1911.
(b) December 1910.
(c) End of September, 1910.
(d) End of January, 1911.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gerald respond when Sheila asks him if he was in love with Daisy Renton?

2. How much time passes between Acts II and III?

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

4. Why does Eric call Sheila “you little sneak” (48)?

5. Why does Arthur feel there was something suspicious about Inspector Goole?

(see the answer key)

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