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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. About what does Gerald disagree with Sheila?

2. Why does Sybil become agitated at the end of Act II?

3. How much time passes between Acts II and III?

4. About what does Eric express doubt?

5. What does Arthur say he should have done?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sheila say it does not matter whether Inspector Goole was a real police detective or not?

2. How does Sybil say Mrs. Birling described the father of her child?

3. What happened the night Eric met Mrs. Birling?

4. How does Sybil react when Inspector Goole shows her the photograph of Daisy Renton?

5. How does Sybil say she felt about Mrs. Birling when Mrs. Birling appealed for help from the Brumley Women’s Charity organization?

6. Why does Inspector Goole blame the other characters collectively for Eva Smith’s suicide?

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

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

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

10. What does Arthur accuse the other characters of doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By the end of the play, there is a marked dichotomy between how the two generations of the Birling household respond to the night’s events. Write a compare/contrast essay exploring the differences between how Arthur/Sybil and Eric/Sheila respond to the revelations about what each of them has done to Eva Smith/Daisy Renton/Mrs. Birling.

Essay Topic 2

By the end of the play “An Inspector Calls,” several mysteries are introduced and left unsolved. Write an essay exploring the questions left unanswered by the author and how those mysteries affect the play.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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