Age Gap (An Inspector Calls)

Question 1

Sheila criticising Birling capitalist views

Answer 1

But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people

Question 2

Mr Birling not being affected much by Inspector

Answer 2

BIRLING: You seem to have made a great impression on this child Inspector
INSPECTOR: We often do on the young ones. There more impressionable

Question 3

Sheila showing her maturity despite her surface naïvety

Answer 3

We really must stop these silly pretences. This isn’t the time to pretend that Eric isn’t used to drink

Question 4

Gerald showing his social conscience

Answer 4

The money’s not the important thing. It’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters

Question 5

Sheila using pun/sarcasm to tell others to change

Answer 5

Well he inspected us all right. And don’t let’s start dodging and pretending now. Between us we drove that girl to suicide

Question 6

Sheila using sarcasm to scorn the others for behaving like nothing happened

Answer 6

So nothing really happened. So there’s nothing to be sorry for, nothing to learn. We can all go on behaving just as we did