Q.1
Mr and Mrs Birling feel relieved shortly after Inspector Goole leaves their home. Which of the following events is responsible for their change of mood?
  • Sheila has informed her parents that they cannot be held responsible for a suicide
  • Gerald returns from his walk with news
  • The Birlings have decided to take full responsibility for their mistreatment of Eva Smith and feel less guilty in consequence
  • The Inspector rings to tell the family that he was mistaken
Q.2
How is Sheila responsible for Eva Smith's fate?
  • Sheila demanded that the young woman be sacked from Milwards
  • Sheila refused to recommend the young woman to her mother's charity committee
  • Sheila introduced the young woman to Gerald
  • Sheila encouraged her father to sack the young woman from her job at his works
Q.3
How does Mr Birling try to dismiss the Inspector?
  • He refuses to cooperate
  • He immediately phones the local police
  • He orders the Inspector to leave
  • He implies that his connections with the Chief Constable mean that he is above whatever the Inspector might be investigating
Q.4
Why are Sheila and Eric angry with their parents' reaction?
  • Mr and Mrs Birling seem to have forgotten their role in Eva Smith's death
  • Their parents are more worried about scandal than about how their actions affect others
  • Mr and Mrs Birling show no signs that their behaviour will change in future
  • All of the above
Q.5
Which of the following indicates that the Birlings have not finished so easily with the fate of "Eva Smith"?
  • The telephone rings
  • The police call at the door
  • Inspector Goole reappears
  • Eric storms out of the house to meet with the real Eva
Q.6
What are the Birling family celebrating at the beginning of the play?
  • The recent launch of the Titanic
  • Mr Birling's knighthood
  • The engagement of Gerald and Sheila
  • Mrs Birling's new job
Q.7
Eric says he met Eva Smith when he was a "bit squiffy". What does he mean by this?
  • He was lonely
  • He was smelly
  • He was drunk
  • He was tired
Q.8
Gerald's former mistress was called Daisy Renton. How is he involved in the fate of Eva Smith?
  • Eva Smith and Daisy Renton are the same person, as Gerald realises when he sees the photograph
  • He kept a woman called Daisy Renton as a mistress, but abandoned her as Eva Smith has been abandoned
  • Eva Smith and Daisy Renton are not the same women, therefore Gerald bears no responsibility for Eva's fate
  • Eva Smith and Daisy Renton were flatmates
Q.9
Why is the Inspector's name "Goole" significant?
  • It's merely a northern name
  • It is a foreign name
  • It is a homophone for "ghoul"
  • It is not significant
Q.10
Why is the absence of the Croft family from these celebrations significant?
  • Their absence hints at a disapproval of Sheila and her family
  • Their absence shows that they neglect their business
  • Their absence indicates their involvement in the Inspector's visit
  • Their absence shows their lack of patriotism
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