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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 does Inspector Goole say he knows what Daisy Renton did after Gerald broke up with her?
(a) Gerald told him.
(b) She kept a diary.
(c) It was published in the newspaper.
(d) She told him.

2. How does Sheila tell Gerald Inspector Goole behaved?
(a) Assertive.
(b) Confident.
(c) Impertinent.
(d) Frightening.

3. What information does Inspector Goole reveal about Mrs. Birling?
(a) That her parents are dead.
(b) That she was fired.
(c) That she was pregnant.
(d) That she had an affair.

4. What does Gerald say happened after he broke up with Daisy Renton?
(a) She committed suicide.
(b) He never saw her again.
(c) She traveled to the seaside for two months.
(d) They got back together.

5. Why did Mrs. Birling not want to marry Eric?
(a) She did not want to marry anyone.
(b) She did not love him.
(c) He did not love her.
(d) He was beneath her social class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail did Mrs. Birling reveal to Sybil about the father of her child?

2. How does Arthur tell Gerald Inspector Goole behaved?

3. What do Sybil and Sheila disagree about?

4. How does Gerald say he realized Inspector Goole’s visit was a trick?

5. Why did Sybil ask Edna to wait up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Eric say he got the money he gave Mrs. Birling?

2. What excuse does Gerald give to the hospital for making the call?

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

4. What charitable things does Gerald do for Daisy Renton?

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

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

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

8. How do the other characters respond to Gerald’s suggestion that Eva Smith, Daisy Renton, and Mrs. Birling may not have been the same person?

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

10. What sort of organization is the Brumley Women’s Charity organization?

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