Q.1
Where does the action take place?
  • In the local police department
  • In Mr Birling's warehouse
  • In Eva Smith's bedsit
  • In the Birlings' house
Q.2
Why is this date significant?
  • The First World War has just ended
  • The First World War will begin in two years
  • The Second World War has just ended
  • The Second World War has just begun
Q.3
is set in which country?
  • United States of America
  • Germany
  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
Q.4
The set furniture should be 'good', 'solid' and 'of the period', appropriate to a prosperous man such as Mr Birling. What effect is this furniture intended to create?
  • That of a substantial and comfortable home
  • That of a cozy and homelike place
  • That of a cold and severe institution
  • That of an orderly court of law
Q.5
Which of the following is true of Brumley?
  • It is an industrial city
  • It is a small, pleasant village
  • It is a suburb of London
  • It is a small market town
Q.6
Over what time period do the events of the play take place?
  • One month
  • One year
  • One evening
  • One decade
Q.7
Which of the following is responsible for the tension evident in the opening scene?
  • A conflict of ideas between the young and the old
  • An anxiety over class differences
  • Anxiety over socialism
  • All of the above
Q.8
The play is set during which year?
  • 1905
  • 1912
  • 1921
  • 1929
Q.9
Mr Birling comments, "Now you three young people, just listen to this - and remember what I'm telling you now. In twenty or thirty years' time - let's say, in 1940 - you may be giving a little party like this - your son or daughter might be getting engaged - and I tell you by that time you'll be living in a world that'll have forgotten all these Capital versus Labor agitations and all these silly little war scares." In terms of setting, what is significant about Mr Birling's remarks?
  • His comments bring together the setting of the play with the first audience's knowledge of recent events
  • His comments demonstrate his fatherly wisdom
  • His remarks are only important because they demonstrate his inability to see into the future
  • His remarks are not relevant to the setting of the play
Q.10
Which of the following best describes the mood at the beginning of the play?
  • Sombre
  • Violent
  • Depressed
  • Celebratory
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