An Inspector calls

Question 1

Sheila-Stage directions

Answer 1

“A pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited”

Question 2

Sheila-Act1-Materialism

Answer 2

“Now I really feel engaged.”

Question 3

Sheila-Act 1-Materialism/class values 2

Answer 3

“Pretty?”

Question 4

Sheila-Act2-Relationship to Gerald

Answer 4

“I must obviously be a selfish vindictive creature.”

Question 5

Shiela-Act2-Accepting responsibility

Answer 5

“She goes closer to him wonderingly”- Stage direction
“You mustn’t try to build a kind of wall between us and that girl”

Question 6

Shiela-Act3-Inspector Goole Proxy

Answer 6

“I behaved badly too, I know I did, I’m ashamed of it. But now you’re beginning to pretend that nothing much has happened”

“Well he inspected us all right. And don’t lets start dodging and pretending now. Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide”

Question 7

Shiela-Act3-Permanent Change

Answer 7

“No, not yet. It`s too soon I must think”

Question 8

Eric-Starting stage directions

Answer 8

“In his early twenties,not quite at ease,half shy, half assertive”

Question 9

Eric-Act1-Younger generation/socialist

Answer 9

“Why shouldn’t`t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices”

Question 10

Eric-Act2-Entrance

Answer 10

“Eric enters looking extremely pale and distressed”- Stage direction

Question 11

Eric-Act2-Regret+divide

Answer 11

“(unhappily) My God - I`m not likely to forget”
“(bitterly) You haven’t made it any easier for me mother”

Question 12

Eric-Act3-Change/acceptance of Goole

Answer 12

“He was our police inspector all right”

Question 13

Eric-Act3-Regret

Answer 13

“I don’t see much nonsense about it when a girl goes and kills herself. You lot may be letting yourselves out nicely, but I can’t. Nor can mother. We did her in all right.”

Question 14

Arthur-Stage directions beginning

Answer 14

“Arthur Birling is a heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties with fairly easy manners but rather provincial in his speech.”

Question 15

Arthur-Act1-Dramatic Irony

Answer 15

“You’ll hear some people say that war is inevitable. And to that I say – fiddlesticks!”

Question 16

Arthur-Act2-Irony/Trying to stop the Inspector

Answer 16

” I protest against the way in which my daughter, a young unmarried girl is being dragged into this”

Question 17

Arthur-Act2-Anti-socialist toward Sheila

Answer 17

“What’s the matter with that child”

Question 18

Arthur-Act3-Lack of change

Answer 18

“By jingo! A fake!”
“Better ask Gerald for that ring”

Question 19

Arthur-Act3-Generation divide

Answer 19

“The famous younger generation”

Question 20

Sybil-Starting stage directions

Answer 20

“His wife is about fifty,a rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior”

Question 21

Sybil-Act1-AGENCY

Answer 21

(Interrupting Arthur)”Much nicer really”

Question 22

Sybil-Act2-Classism

Answer 22

“Yes, I think it was simply a piece of gross impertinence – quite deliberate – and naturally that was one of the things that prejudiced me against her case.”

Question 23

Sybil-Act2-Realization of Eric

Answer 23

“(understanding now) But surely…I mean…it’s ridiculous…”

Question 24

Sybil-Act3-Distressed

Answer 24

“(very distressed now) No – Eric – please – I didn’t know – I didn’t understand-“

Question 25

Sybil-Act3-Triumph

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Gerald-Opening stage directions

Answer 26

“An attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town”

Question 27

Gerald-Act1-Knowing Eva

Answer 27

“Well, there’s nothing to settle as far as I’m concerned. I’ve never known an Eva Smith.”

Question 28

Gerald-Act1-Criminals

Answer 28

“After all, y’know, we’re respectable citizens and not criminals”

Question 29

Gerald-Act2-Value of Eva

Answer 29

“She was very pretty-soft brown hair and big dark eyes-[breaks off.]My God!”

Question 30

Gerald-Act 2 - Class

Answer 30

“It wasnt disgusting”

Question 31

Gerald-Act 2-Leave

Answer 31

(Inspector)”Were you in love with her?”-Gerald leaves soon after without answering”

Question 32

Gerald-Act3-Disproving The Inspector

Answer 32

But how do you know its the same girl?”

Question 33

Gerald-Act3-No change

Answer 33

“Everything is alright now, Sheila.[holds up the ring.]What about this ring?”

Question 34

Goole-Stage direction

Answer 34

The The lighting should be pink and intimate until the Inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder.

Question 35

Goole-Act1-Community

Answer 35

“A chain of events.”

Question 36

Goole-Act1-Mannerisms+Appearence

Answer 36

“Speaks carefully, weightily.”
“A plain darkish suit”
“Impression of massiveness” (solidity and purposefulness)

Question 37

Goole-Act2-Feminism?

Answer 37

“and you think young women ought to be protected against unpleasant things”

Question 38

Goole-Act2-Shared responsibility

Answer 38

“we’ll have to share our guilt”

Question 39

Goole-Act3-Socialism 1

Answer 39

“we are members of one body”

Question 40

Goole-Act3-Socialism2

Answer 40

“And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.”