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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Arthur say the evening is “one of the happiest nights” (8) of his life?
(a) He has been given a knighthood.
(b) They are celebrating the engagement of his daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft.
(c) He has been elected mayor.
(d) He has become an alderman.

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

4. What does Gerald give Sheila?
(a) A glass of whiskey.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) A glass of port.
(d) A cigar.

5. How does Arthur say he knew Eva Smith?
(a) She came to court while he was a judge.
(b) She worked for him, and he fired her.
(c) He had an affair with her.
(d) His wife's committee helped her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Eva Smith hired at Milward’s?

2. Why does Arthur say he refused Eva Smith and her coworkers’ request for a raise?

3. How much money does Arthur say Eva Smith and her coworkers were averaging in his employment?

4. How does Inspector Goole say Sheila felt about Eva Smith?

5. What is the name of the shop that hired Eva Smith?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Arthur respond to Inspector Goole’s questioning?

2. How does Eric feel about Eva Smith’s employment at Arthur’s company?

3. What is unusual about Inspector Goole’s behavior with the photograph of Eva Smith?

4. What does Sheila mean when she references “purple-faced old men”?

5. How does Sheila feel about what she did to Eva Smith?

6. What happened to Eva Smith after Arthur fired her?

7. How does Sheila say Gerald must have felt about Daisy Renton?

8. Why does Gerald ask that Sheila be excused from Inspector Goole’s questioning?

9. Why does Sheila say she got Eva Smith fired from Milward’s?

10. How does Inspector Goole establish the connection between Eva Smith’s firing and her suicide?

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