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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 does Inspector Goole describe Eva Smith’s physical appearance?
2. Why does Sheila refuse to leave?
3. What interrupts Arthur’s monologue?
4. To whom does Arthur toast?
5. Why does Gerald say he neglected Sheila the previous summer?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Sheila object when Sybil calls Eva Smith “girls of that class” (31)?
2. How does Arthur feel about Eva Smith’s suicide after Inspector Goole has questioned him?
3. 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)?
4. What does Sheila mean when she references “purple-faced old men”?
5. What do Gerald and Sheila argue about?
6. How does Arthur respond to Inspector Goole’s questioning?
7. How does Gerald say he came to keep Daisy Renton as a mistress?
8. What is ironic about Sybil’s statement that “men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business” (7)?
9. How does Sheila say Gerald must have felt about Daisy Renton?
10. How does Inspector Goole establish the connection between Eva Smith’s firing and her suicide?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Among the major characters of the play, Gerald and Sheila have one of the few relationships that is not familial. Like many love relationships, their connection is complicated because they have their similarities and their differences. Write an essay exploring the dynamics of the relationship between Gerald and Sheila.
Essay Topic 2
Though arguably the most important character in the play around whom all action hinges, the character of Eva Smith/Daisy Renton/Mrs. Birling never appears in the play and has no lines. Write an essay exploring how the author’s choice to exclude Eva Smith/Daisy Renton/Mrs. Birling as a real character has on the play.
Essay Topic 3
The play “An Inspector Calls” – especially the beginning – is full of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not realize. Write an essay examining the examples of dramatic irony evident in the beginning of the play.
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