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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. How much time passes between Acts I and II?
(a) No time.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Two years.
2. Why does Arthur say the evening is “one of the happiest nights” (8) of his life?
(a) He has been elected mayor.
(b) They are celebrating the engagement of his daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft.
(c) He has been given a knighthood.
(d) He has become an alderman.
3. Who does Eric say has a “nasty temper sometimes” (8)?
(a) Sybil.
(b) Eva Smith.
(c) Edna.
(d) Sheila.
4. Who enters the room when Inspector Goole is questioning Arthur about Eva Smith?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Eric.
(c) Sybil.
(d) Gerald.
5. Why does Arthur say he refused Eva Smith and her coworkers’ request for a raise?
(a) Because he couldn't afford it.
(b) Because he never gives raises.
(c) Because he has a “duty to keep labor costs down” (17).
(d) Because they were bad workers.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Inspector Goole says it is better that Sheila stay even though he has finished questioning her?
2. Why does Arthur insist Sybil have some port?
3. What do Gerald and Sheila say about Alderman Joe Meggarty?
4. Why does Arthur ask Sheila if she is listening?
5. How much money does Arthur say Eva Smith and her coworkers asked for?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Sheila’s reaction when Inspector Goole shows her the photograph of Eva Smith?
2. How does Eric feel about Eva Smith’s employment at Arthur’s company?
3. What do Gerald and Sheila argue about?
4. How does Sheila say Gerald must have felt about Daisy Renton?
5. How do the members of the Birling family react to Eric’s drinking?
6. What is significant about Arthur telling Eric he has “had enough of that port” (15)?
7. What is ironic when Arthur mentions “silly pessimistic talk” and says Gerald and Sheila are “marrying at a very good time ... and soon it’ll be an even better time” (9)?
8. How does Inspector Goole establish the connection between Eva Smith’s firing and her suicide?
9. How does Arthur feel about Eva Smith’s suicide after Inspector Goole has questioned him?
10. What does Sheila mean when she references “purple-faced old men”?
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