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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. To what does Sybil attribute Eric’s mood?
2. How does Gerald describe Daisy Renton?
3. Why does Arthur insist Sybil have some port?
4. Who enters the room when Inspector Goole is questioning Arthur about Eva Smith?
5. What does Arthur say Eva Smith and her coworkers did after their request for a raise was refused?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about Arthur’s mention of Russia in his monologue?
2. How does Gerald say he came to keep Daisy Renton as a mistress?
3. What happened to Eva Smith after Arthur fired her?
4. What does Sheila mean when she references “purple-faced old men”?
5. How does Inspector Goole establish the connection between Eva Smith’s firing and her suicide?
6. How does Arthur feel about Eva Smith’s suicide after Inspector Goole has questioned him?
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. Why did Gerald begin speaking to Daisy Renton at the Palace Music Hall?
9. Why does Sheila object when Sybil calls Eva Smith “girls of that class” (31)?
10. What opportunity does Arthur see in 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
Inspector Goole mentions that the young woman who committed suicide, Eva Smith/Daisy Renton/Mrs. Birling, is one of millions like her. Thus, it can be said that Eva Smith/Daisy Renton/Mrs. Birling is representative of young women of her class and time period. Write an essay on the concept of Eva Smith/Daisy Renton/Mrs. Birling as a substitute representing young, working-class women of the time.
Essay Topic 3
The play “An Inspector Calls” – especially the beginning – contains multiple examples of foreshadowing of events both inside and outside of the play. Write an essay exploring the examples of foreshadowing from the beginning of the play and the events they foretell.
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