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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One, pp. 5-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Arthur say does not want war?
(a) The French.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The English.
(d) The Germans.

4. Why does Edna exit in the opening scene?
(a) She has to go to the bathroom.
(b) Sybil dismisses her.
(c) She has been fired.
(d) The doorbell rings.

5. When does Inspector Goole say Eva Smith was fired?
(a) January 1912.
(b) July 1914.
(c) November 1911.
(d) End of September, 1910.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Inspector Goole refuse to allow to see the photograph of Eva Smith?

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

3. What does Sheila show Sybil and Eric?

4. What interrupts Arthur’s monologue?

5. Why does Arthur ask Sheila if she is listening?

(see the answer key)

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