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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. What does Arthur offer Gerald after Gerald calls the hospital?

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

3. Who reenters in Act III?

4. What does Arthur suggest at the end of Act II?

5. Who does Inspector Goole say is to blame for Mrs. Birling’s death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sybil change her mind and say the real culprit in Mrs. Birling’s suicide is not Mrs. Birling but the father of her child?

2. How does Sybil respond to her own admission that she refused to help Mrs. Birling?

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

4. Why does Eric say he had sex with Mrs. Birling?

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

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

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

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. How does Arthur describe how Inspector Goole was able to trick most of the other characters?

10. What is the significance of Eric’s monologue in Act III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some dramas benefit from the presence of a third-person omniscient narrator. However, the play “An Inspector Calls” has none. Write an essay exploring how the choice by the author to exclude a narrator affects the play.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Arthur’s statements to Gerald indicate he is aware of a difference in class between the Birling and the Croft families. In fact, class is a theme running throughout the play. Write a compare/contrast essay exploring the difference in class between the Birling and the Croft families and how that affects how each responds to the revelations about them in the play.

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