AIC Quotes Memorisation

Question 1

Mr Birling, Act 1, Predictions of the future
‘U, a u’

Answer 1

‘Unsinkable, completely unsinkable’

Question 2

Mr Birling, Act 1, Predictions of the future
‘Y h s p s w i i… f’

Answer 2

‘you’ll hear some people say war is inevitable … fiddlesticks!’

Question 3

Sheila, Act 1, Socialist sympathies
‘B t g a c l - t p’

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Eric, Act 1, Socialist sympathies
‘W s t t f h w? W t f t h p p’

Answer 4

‘Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices’

Question 5

Mr Birling, Act 1, Capitalist mindset
‘A m h t m h o b a l a h’

Answer 5

‘A man has to mind his own business and look after himself’

Question 6

Mr Birling, Act 1, Capitalist mindset
‘C a a t n’

Answer 6

‘Community and all that nonsense.’

Question 7

Mr Birling, Act 1, Capitalist mindset
‘W t f l c a h p’

Answer 7

‘Working together for lower costs and higher prices’

Question 8

Sheila, Act 2, Maturity
“M” and “D” vs “M” and “F”

Answer 8

“Mummy” and “Daddy” vs “Mother” and “Father”

Question 9

Sheila, Act 1, Responsibility,
‘S, I r r? / I w m o f’

Answer 9

“So, I’m really responsible?”/ “It was my own fault”

Question 10

The Inspector, Act 2, Younger generation
(t y o) ‘A t m i’

Answer 10

(the young ones) “Are the most impressionable”

Question 11

The Inspector, Act 1, Stage Directions
‘H c a o a i o m, s a p.’

Answer 11

‘He creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.’

Question 12

Mrs Birling, Act 1, Stage Directions
‘A r c w a h h s s’

Answer 12

‘A rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior.’

Question 13

Eric, Act 1, Stage Directions
‘N q a e’

Answer 13

‘Not quite at ease’

Question 14

Eric, Act 1, Stage Directions
‘H s, h a’

Answer 14

‘Half shy, half assertive’

Question 15

Mrs Birling, Act 2, Sheila’s attitude
‘Y b l a h c t’

Answer 15

‘You’re behaving like a hysterical child tonight.’

Question 16

Mrs Birling, responsibilty
‘I t I w q j’

Answer 16

‘I think I was quite justified’

Question 17

Mrs Birling, patriachal attitudes
‘I t t S a I h b g… a l y m’

Answer 17

‘I think that Shiela and I had better go… and leave you men.’

Question 18

Mr Birling, responsibility
‘T e e f w y m a I d’

Answer 18

‘There’s every excuse for what your mother and I did’

Question 19

Mr Birling, reputation
‘S, w t c o i i g t d u m g’

Answer 19

‘Sybil, when this comes out it isn’t going to do us much good’

Question 20

Mr Birling, class attitudes
‘Y m f y m h d b f y s’

Answer 20

‘Your mother…feels you might have done better for yourself socially.’

Question 21

The Inspector’s final speech
‘T a m a m a m o E S a J S s l w u… w a a m o o b… f a b a a’

Answer 21

‘There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us… we are all members of one body… fire and blood and anguish’

Question 22

The Inspector, stage instructions
(f), (e), (s), (c i m)

Answer 22

(firmly), (explosively), (sharply), (cutting in massively)

Question 23

Mrs Birling, Act 2, Class
‘g o t c’

Answer 23

‘girls of that class’

Question 24

Mrs Birling, class
‘a i a g o t s w e r m’

Answer 24

‘As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!’

Question 25

‘(R) A y n s t s s t’

Answer 25

‘(Reproachfully) Arthur you’re not supposed to say such things’