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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time passes between Acts I and II?

2. How does Gerald describe Daisy Renton?

3. How does Inspector Goole say Sheila felt about Eva Smith?

4. When does Inspector Goole say Eva Smith was fired?

5. Why does Sheila not leave when Arthur dismisses her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arthur leave the room?

2. Why did Gerald begin speaking to Daisy Renton at the Palace Music Hall?

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

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

5. How does Eric feel about Eva Smith’s employment at Arthur’s company?

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

7. How does Sheila react when Gerald says he met Daisy Renton at the Palace Music Hall?

8. How does Inspector Goole establish the connection between Eva Smith’s firing and her suicide?

9. What do Gerald and Sheila argue about?

10. How does Arthur think Lady Croft might respond to Gerald and Sheila’s engagement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The play “An Inspector Calls” is set inside a private home, but there is a duality between the characters’ public and private lives. Write a compare/contrast essay exploring the contradiction between how the characters behave publicly and the revelations about what they have done in their private lives.

Essay Topic 2

Because the play “An Inspector Calls” has no third-person omniscient narrator, next to nothing is known about the personal life of Inspector Goole, including his motivations and intents for arriving at the Birling home to question the other characters. Write an essay exploring the author’s choice to conceal so much of Inspector Goole’s character affects the play.

Essay Topic 3

Alcohol is a predominant symbol prevalent in the play “An Inspector Calls,” and it is even revealed that one of the characters is an alcoholic. Write an essay about the role of alcohol in the play.

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