AIC Quotes

Question 1

Mr Birling’s false predictions (dramatic irony)

Answer 1

• “The Titanic unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.”
• “The Germans don’t want war”

Question 2

Mr Birling’s hubris / arrogance

Answer 2

• “I’m a hard-headed man of business”
• “Fiddlesticks”
• “I know”

Question 3

Mr Birling not taking responsibility (lack of responsibility)

Answer 3

• “That was almost two years ago”
• “Don’t tell me it was because I kicked her out”
• “I can’t accept any responsibility”

Question 4

Mr Birling happy about Inspector being fake

Answer 4

• “Good lad!”
• “By jingo! A fake!”

Question 5

Mr Birling capitalism

Answer 5

• “It’s my duty to keep labour costs down”
• “She demanded for higher wages”
• “Crofts and Birlings can work together for lower wages and higher prices”
• “If you don’t come down hard on these people, they will soon be asking for the Earth”

Question 6

Mr Birling stage directions

Answer 6

• “Sat on one end”
• “In his middle fifties”
• “Quite provincial in his speech”
• “Portentious man”

Question 7

Mr Birling other quotes

Answer 7

• “I’m not a purpled-faced old man.”
• “Your engagement to Sheila means a tremendous lot to me.”

Question 8

Mrs Birling stage directions

Answer 8

• “his wife”
• “sat on the other end”
• “around fifty”
• “her husband’s social superior”
• “cold”

Question 9

Mrs Birling’s upper class status

Answer 9

• “Aurther, you’re not supposed to say those things”
• “The things you girls pick up these days”

Question 10

Mrs Birling thinking she’s morally superior

Answer 10

• “That’s disgusting”
• “I work for a charity which help deserving people”
• “She had impertantly used our name”

Question 11

Mrs Birling not realising the father is Eric

Answer 11

• “No, it can’t be”
• “I can’t believe it, I won’t believe it”
• “I blame the young man the father of the child.”

Question 12

Mrs Birling saying she knew the inspector was fake

Answer 12

• “Didn’t I tell you?”
• “I couldn’t imagine a real police inspector talking like that to us”

Question 13

Mrs Birling other quotes

Answer 13

• “Men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business. You’ll have to get used to that.”
• “We’ve done a great deal of useful work in helping deserving cases.”
• “Though naturally I don’t know anything about this girl.”

Question 14

Gerald Stage directions

Answer 14

• “Handsome man”
• “In his thirtys”
• “Sat backstage”
• “Too manly to be dandy”
• “The well bred ‘man about town’ “