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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 is Arthur’s overall impression of Eva Smith as a worker?
(a) Mixed.
(b) Negative.
(c) Positive.
(d) Indifferent.
2. Who reenters after Sybil?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Gerald.
(d) Eric.
3. Who does Arthur say does not want war?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The French.
(d) The English.
4. What does Sheila think of Arthur’s decision to fire Eva Smith?
(a) She thinks it was reasonable, given the circumstances.
(b) She thinks it was “mean” (21).
(c) She wishes she had done it.
(d) She thinks it was justified.
5. Why does Gerald say he neglected Sheila the previous summer?
(a) He was working a lot.
(b) He was reconsidering their engagement.
(c) His parents did not want him to see her.
(d) He was seeing another woman.
Short Answer Questions
1. What two characters say they have never known Eva Smith?
2. At the beginning of the play, what does Arthur offer Gerald?
3. Why does Gerald not respond when Inspector Goole asks him if he was in love with Daisy Renton?
4. What does Gerald say Daisy Renton drank at the hotel where they talked?
5. Who does Arthur say he plays golf with regularly?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Arthur leave the room?
2. What is unusual about Inspector Goole’s behavior with the photograph of Eva Smith?
3. What is significant about Arthur’s mention of Russia in his monologue?
4. In what way does Arthur sound suspicious of Inspector Goole?
5. How does Inspector Goole establish the connection between Eva Smith’s firing and her suicide?
6. Why does Sheila object when Sybil calls Eva Smith “girls of that class” (31)?
7. What is the chain of events behind Arthur’s firing of Eva Smith?
8. What is Sheila’s reaction when Inspector Goole shows her the photograph of Eva Smith?
9. What opportunity does Arthur see in Gerald and Sheila’s engagement?
10. What is significant about Arthur telling Eric he has “had enough of that port” (15)?
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