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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 did Sheila threaten to do to the manager at Milward’s?
(a) Leave a bad review.
(b) Report him.
(c) Publicly defame him.
(d) Never go there again.

2. 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.

3. Why does Arthur ask Sheila if she is listening?
(a) She is talking to Gerald.
(b) She is falling asleep.
(c) She is admiring her ring.
(d) She is getting up to leave the room.

4. Why does Arthur insist Sybil have some port?
(a) It will help her sleep.
(b) Everyone else is drinking it.
(c) It is a special occasion.
(d) It will help her calm down.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Inspector Goole say Eva Smith was unemployed after Arthur fired her?

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

3. What does Inspector Goole say Eva Smith changed her name to?

4. Why does Sheila say she now feels she can never go to Milward’s again?

5. What does Arthur say women see as a sign of their self-respect?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way does Arthur sound suspicious of Inspector Goole?

5. 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)?

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

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

8. What is significant about Arthur’s mention of Russia in his monologue?

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

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

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