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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls the Birling house at the end of the play?
(a) The Palace bar.
(b) The police.
(c) The County Hotel.
(d) The hospital.

2. When does Gerald say he broke up with Daisy Renton?
(a) At the end of September.
(b) In the first week of September.
(c) In December.
(d) In January.

3. About what does Sheila express doubt?
(a) That Inspector Goole was a real police detective.
(b) That Eva Smith, Daisy Renton, and Mrs. Birling were the same woman.
(c) That Inspector Goole had only one photograph.
(d) That Inspector Goole was tricking most of the other characters.

4. What organization does Inspector Goole say Sybil belongs to?
(a) The International Committee for the Red Cross.
(b) The Brumley Women’s Charity Organization.
(c) The Norwegian Nobel Committee.
(d) The United Nations.

5. What does Sybil say is Inspector Goole’s duty?
(a) To question the father of Mrs. Birling’s child.
(b) To report the father of Mrs. Birling’s child to the authorities.
(c) To make the father of Mrs. Birling's child meet his obligations.
(d) To report Mrs. Birling to the authorities.

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

7. Why does Arthur think Inspector Goole visited them?
(a) To deliberately trick them.
(b) To avenge Eva Smith's death.
(c) To conduct a real investigation.
(d) To play a joke.

8. How much time passes between Acts II and III?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two hours.
(d) No time.

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

10. Why is Arthur concerned about Sybil’s rejection of Mrs. Birling?
(a) He is afraid it will get into the media.
(b) He thinks it is a bad example for the children.
(c) He thinks it was an immoral thing to do.
(d) He is afraid Mrs. Birling will retaliate.

11. Why does Sheila ask Sybil to stop talking?
(a) She is tired of listening to Sybil.
(b) She thinks Sybil is talking nonsense.
(c) She thinks Sybil is lying.
(d) She is afraid of where Inspector Goole’s line of questioning will lead.

12. How does Inspector Goole say he knows what Daisy Renton did after Gerald broke up with her?
(a) She kept a diary.
(b) Gerald told him.
(c) She told him.
(d) It was published in the newspaper.

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

14. Why does Inspector Goole say Mrs. Birling asked for assistance from the Brumley Women’s Charity Organization?
(a) Because the father of her child made her.
(b) Because she did not know where else to go.
(c) Because she wanted to keep the father of her child out of trouble.
(d) Because she has a history of asking for assistance from charities.

15. Why does Inspector Goole say he did not show the photograph of Daisy Renton to Gerald?
(a) Gerald had no right to see it.
(b) It was not necessary.
(c) He did not have the right photograph.
(d) He did not want the photograph to shock Gerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerald do after Inspector Goole finishes questioning him?

2. About what does Gerald express doubt?

3. Who does Eric blame for Mrs. Birling’s death?

4. What is Arthur’s biggest fear?

5. How much time passes between the night Eric and Mrs. Birling met and the second time he saw her?

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