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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Inspector Goole say Eva Smith did after Arthur fired her?
(a) She went on strike.
(b) She killed herself.
(c) She went to the seaside for two months.
(d) She changed her name.

2. Why does Sheila refuse to leave?
(a) She wants to hear Inspector Goole interrogate Sybil.
(b) She is disobeying her father.
(c) She is afraid to be alone.
(d) She wants to know why Eva Smith committed suicide.

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

4. What does Sheila think of Arthur’s decision to fire Eva Smith?
(a) She thinks it was justified.
(b) She thinks it was reasonable, given the circumstances.
(c) She thinks it was “mean” (21).
(d) She wishes she had done it.

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

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

7. 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) The doorbell rings.
(c) He was not in love with her.
(d) Sheila and Arthur interrupt.

8. What does Inspector Goole say Eva Smith changed her name to?
(a) Daisy Renton.
(b) Eva Renton.
(c) Eva Birling.
(d) Daisy Birling.

9. What does Gerald say Daisy Renton said about her parents?
(a) They are dead.
(b) They are divorced.
(c) They were abusive.
(d) She can't find them.

10. Why does Sheila not leave when Arthur dismisses her?
(a) Inspector Goole asks her to stay.
(b) She doesn't listent to Arthur.
(c) She doesn't want to.
(d) She wants to find out what happens.

11. Why does Sheila say she could not feel sorry for Eva Smith?
(a) Eva Smith was very pretty.
(b) Eva Smith looked better in the dress than Sheila did.
(c) Eva Smith seemed like she had money.
(d) Eva Smith “looked as if she could take care of herself” (25).

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

13. Why does Gerald say he neglected Sheila the previous summer?
(a) His parents did not want him to see her.
(b) He was working a lot.
(c) He was reconsidering their engagement.
(d) He was seeing another woman.

14. What does Arthur offer Inspector Goole?
(a) Port and whiskey.
(b) Food and drink.
(c) Wine and beer.
(d) Cigar and cigarettes.

15. How does Inspector Goole describe Eva Smith’s physical appearance?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Nondescript.
(d) Pretty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sheila refuse to believe?

2. What does Gerald think Inspector Goole’s visit is about?

3. Why does Eric not leave when he says he thinks he should?

4. What does Sheila say Eva Smith did to her at Milward’s?

5. Why does Arthur say he fired Eva Smith?

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