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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. Why does Inspector Goole say Mrs. Birling asked for assistance from the Brumley Women’s Charity Organization?
(a) Because she has a history of asking for assistance from charities.
(b) Because she wanted to keep the father of her child out of trouble.
(c) Because the father of her child made her.
(d) Because she did not know where else to go.

2. Where does Gerald call?
(a) The police station.
(b) The Palace bar.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The County Hotel.

3. About what does Gerald disagree with Sheila?
(a) That most of the characters drove Eva Smith to suicide.
(b) That Eva Smith, Daisy Renton, and Mrs. Birling were the same person.
(c) That Eric is an alcoholic.
(d) That Inspector Goole was a real police detective.

4. What was Mrs. Birling’s initial false story to the Brumley Women’s Charity Organization about?
(a) About a husband who abandoned her.
(b) About getting fired from Milward's.
(c) About an affair she had.
(d) About her parents dying.

5. What did Sybil dislike about Mrs. Birling?
(a) That Mrs. Birling smiled at her.
(b) That Mrs. Birling did not know her place.
(c) That Mrs. Birling was pretty.
(d) That Mrs. Birling was pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Arthur worried about?

2. Why does Eric say the woman he had an affair with and the woman who asked Sybil for help must have been the same woman?

3. What does Arthur offer Gerald after Gerald calls the hospital?

4. What does Inspector Goole say Daisy Renton called herself when she appealed to the Brumley Women’s Charity Organization?

5. What does Arthur say he should have done?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between how Arthur and Sybil react to the revelation that Inspector Goole tricked them and how Eric and Sheila react?

2. After Gerald returns, he asks the others what happened. How does Sybil explain why she answered Inspector Goole’s questions so easily?

3. Why does Sheila not feel consoled by the revelation that Inspector Goole most likely tricked most of the other characters?

4. What is revealed to Eric about what happened while he was absent?

5. Why does Sheila become so upset at the end of Act II?

6. Why does Eric say he had sex with Mrs. Birling?

7. What makes Gerald think Inspector Goole was not a real police officer?

8. What does Eric say was ironic about Inspector Goole’s entrance into the Birling family home?

9. How do the four members of the Birling family react to the news that Inspector Goole was most likely not a real police detective?

10. What is the meaning of Inspector Goole’s closing monologue?

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