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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sybil say she wishes she had done?
(a) Helped Mrs. Birling.
(b) Done something about Eric's drinking.
(c) Convinced Gerald and Sheila to remain engaged.
(d) Asked Inspector Goole questions before answering his.

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

3. Why was Mrs. Birling a little drunk the night she met Eric?
(a) She was an alcoholic.
(b) She drank too much.
(c) She had not had much to eat that day.
(d) Alderman Joe Meggarty bought her drinks.

4. What does Gerald say happened after he broke up with Daisy Renton?
(a) He never saw her again.
(b) She traveled to the seaside for two months.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) They got back together.

5. What was Mrs. Birling’s initial false story to the Brumley Women’s Charity Organization about?
(a) About getting fired from Milward's.
(b) About a husband who abandoned her.
(c) About an affair she had.
(d) About her parents dying.

6. 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.

7. What does Arthur order Sheila to do?
(a) Apologize.
(b) Stop drinking.
(c) Go to bed.
(d) Call the police.

8. How much time passes between the night Eric and Mrs. Birling met and the second time he saw her?
(a) No time.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 years.

9. 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.

10. What does Eric want before Inspector Goole begins questioning him?
(a) A drink.
(b) A cigar.
(c) A snack.
(d) A cigarette.

11. Who does Arthur call?
(a) The chief constable for the police, Colonel Roberts.
(b) Alderman Joe Meggarty.
(c) The chief medical examiner at the hospital.
(d) George and Lady Croft.

12. Why do Sybil and Sheila leave?
(a) They went to get the door.
(b) They want to.
(c) Inspector Goole asks them to.
(d) Arthur asks them to.

13. How does Sheila feel about how she behaved?
(a) Proud.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Jealous.

14. Why does Eric say he did not ask Arthur for the money?
(a) Because he did not believe his father had the money.
(b) Because he has already stolen it.
(c) Because he wanted to raise it himself.
(d) Because he felt he could not talk to his father.

15. What does Arthur tell Eric to do?
(a) Leave the room.
(b) Have a drink.
(c) Go to bed.
(d) Sit down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Inspector Goole show Daisy Renton’s photograph to after Gerald leaves?

2. Why does Arthur think Inspector Goole visited them?

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

4. Who does Arthur blame for the situation?

5. How long does Inspector Goole say it has been since Sybil spoke to Daisy Renton?

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