An Inspector Calls

Question 1

Quote 1:referring to mr Birlings appearance in weight

Answer 1

“Heavy looking”

Question 2

Quote 2: referring to mr Birlings speech (how he talks)

Answer 2

“Provincial in his speech”

Question 3

Quote 3:Sheila refers to her mum by this at the start

Answer 3

‘Mummy’ -Sheila

Question 4

Quote 4:Sheila calling Eric an assholr

Answer 4

‘Don’t be an ass’ - Sheila

Question 5

Quote 5:Birling talking to Gerald about future prospects concerning business

Answer 5

“For lower costs and higher prices”

Question 6

Quote 6:Eric being immature regarding Sheila and geralds relationship

Answer 6

“Steady the buffs” - Eric (immature)

Question 7

Quote 7: titanic

Answer 7

“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable” - Birling

Question 8

Quote 8: Birling foreshadowing scandal

Answer 8

“Start a scandal” - Birling

Question 9

Quote 9: Gerald talking about Birling family “seem to be” foreshadowing

Answer 9

“You seem to be a nice well- behaved family” - Gerald (foreshadowing)

Question 10

Quote 10: bee hive Birling

Answer 10

“As if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive” - Birling

Question 11

Quote 11: inspector talkin abou Eva being burnt

Answer 11

“Burnt her inside out” - Inspector (Lack of euphemisms)

Question 12

Quote 12: chain from inspector

Answer 12

“A chain of events” - Inspector

Question 13

Quote 13: Earth and stealing from inspector

Answer 13

“It’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it” - Inspector

Question 14

Quote 14: inspector being a boss and not playing golf

Answer 14

‘I don’t play golf’ - Inspector

Question 15

Quote 15: Sheila being naive about Eva’s death

Answer 15

‘Oh- how horrible! Was it an accident?’ - Sheila

Question 16

Quote 16: cheap labour girls

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Quote 17: ms Birling talkin about girls and class

Answer 17

“Girls of that class” - Ms Birling

Question 18

Quote 18: Sheila is now mature and calls her mum a different name

Answer 18

“Mother” - maturity - Sheila

Question 19

Quote 19: Gerald becoming super important to Eva

Answer 19

“I became at once the most important person in her life” - Gerald

Question 20

Quote 20: look for the father of the child ms Birling

Answer 20

“Go and look for the father of the child, it’s his responsibility” - Ms Birling

Question 21

Quote 21: ms Birling foreshadowing Eric is a silly Billy (example)

Answer 21

“He should be made an example of” - foreshadowing- Ms Birling

Question 22

Quote 22: ma Birling being naive and oblivious to Eric (distressed)

Answer 22

Mrs Biring - [distressed]:’Eric, I can’t believe it’

Question 23

Quote 23: mr Birling sad cuz Eric didn’t come to him

Answer 23

‘Why didn’t you come to me’

Question 24

Quote 24:Eric’s reasoning to why he didn’t go to Birling

Answer 24

“Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”

Question 25

Quote 25: knighthood Birling

Answer 25

‘I was almost certain for a knighthood in the next honours list’ - Birling

Question 26

Quote 26: Eric being ashamed of his parents

Answer 26

“I’m ashamed of you as well” - Eric

Question 27

Quote 27: Birling describing Eva’s situation

Answer 27

“That’s all” - describing death

Question 28

Quote 28: Eric beinga bad boy using mr Birlings previous speech against him

Answer 28

“Then one of those cranks walked in - the inspector’ - Eric

Question 29

Quote 29:Gerald assuming the worst of Sheila

Answer 29

“You’ve been through it - and now you want to see somebody else put through it” - Gerald

Question 30

Quote 30: stage direction: (door thing from inspector)

Answer 30

‘Leaving door open behind him’ - inspector

Question 31

Quote 31: blood and angesh lesson

Answer 31

“If men will not learn that lesson they will be taught it in fire blood and anguish”

Question 32

Quote 32: body

Answer 32

“We are members of one body”

Question 33

Quote 33: nasty state chap chap

Answer 33

“ I was in that state where a chap easily turns nasty”