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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 does Arthur say he has been doing in the next room?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Calling the hospital.
(c) Trying to convince Eric to go to bed.
(d) Calling the police.

2. Who reenters after Inspector Goole finishes questioning Sheila?
(a) Sybil.
(b) Gerald.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Eric.

3. Why does Sheila stay after Inspector Goole finishes questioning her?
(a) Because she wants him to ask her more questions.
(b) Because she knows he has more questions to ask.
(c) Because she has nothing else to do.
(d) Because Arthur commands her to.

4. Why can Gerald’s parents, George and Lady Croft, not be at the dinner party?
(a) They are at the theatre.
(b) They are traveling abroad.
(c) They are dead.
(d) They cannot find the place.

5. What is the name of the shop that hired Eva Smith?
(a) H&M.
(b) Harrod's.
(c) Milward's.
(d) Marks & Spencer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eric say has a “nasty temper sometimes” (8)?

2. Why does Arthur say he fired Eva Smith?

3. What two characters say they have never known Eva Smith?

4. What is Arthur’s overall impression of Eva Smith as a worker?

5. Why does Sheila say she could not feel sorry for Eva Smith?

Short Essay Questions

1. What opportunity does Arthur see in Gerald and Sheila’s engagement?

2. What are Arthur’s views on social welfare?

3. How does Gerald say he came to keep Daisy Renton as a mistress?

4. What is significant about Arthur telling Eric he has “had enough of that port” (15)?

5. How does Arthur feel about Eva Smith’s suicide after Inspector Goole has questioned him?

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

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

8. What do Gerald and Sheila argue about?

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

10. What doubt does Sheila express about Inspector Goole?

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