An Inspector Calls

Question 1

But these

Answer 1

But these girls aren’t cheap labour they’re people, act 1 sheila

Question 2

There are millions

Answer 2

There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, act 3

Question 3

The point is

Answer 3

The point is, you don’t seem to have learnt anything.” – Sheila, act 3

Question 4

Public men mr birling have

Answer 4

responsibilities as well as privileges.

Question 5

We are

Answer 5

We are members of one body, the inspector act 3

Question 6

Id give

Answer 6

Id give thousands yes thousands, act 3mr birling

Question 7

I accept

Answer 7

I accept no blame for it at all, act 2

Question 8

A man has

Answer 8

A man has to make his own way, act 1 mr b

Question 9

I did nothing

Answer 9

I did nothing I’m ashamed of, act 2 mrs b

Question 10

You don’t seem

Answer 10

you don’t seem to have learnt anything, act 3

Question 11

What about

Answer 11

What about this ring?

Question 12

Of course

Answer 12

Of course he knows, act 2

Question 13

She was

Answer 13

She was young and pretty, act 2 gerlad

Question 14

We are

Answer 14

We are responsible for another, act 3

Question 15

Its better to

Answer 15

It’s better to ask for the earth than to take it, act 1

Question 16

Like bees

Answer 16

Like bees in a hive, community and all that nonsense

Question 17

Historical context of the play

Answer 17

Was set in 1912 after WW1 and emphasises how we all have responsibility for another and Priestley criticises capitalism

Question 18

What does the inspector act as

Answer 18

As a moral compass who challenges each characters decisions and helps them acknowledge their impact on others

Question 19

How does Sheila’s responsibility shift reflect women’s in the century

Answer 19

In WW2 women played a huge part as they previously had subservient roles but due to shortage in men that had to take up jobs like munitions

Question 20

When was the play set and what were the people of that time called?

Answer 20

1912, edwardian

Question 21

We did

Answer 21

We did her in alright, eric act 3

Question 22

I didn’t

Answer 22

I didn’t install her there so I could make love to her

Question 23

I was quite

Answer 23

I was quite justified in my actions, mr b act 1

Question 24

I say

Answer 24

“I say there isn’t a chance of war”, act 1

Question 25

I’m talking

Answer 25

I’m talking as a hard-headed businessman, act 1

Question 26

You’re

Answer 26

You’re the one I blame for this, act 3 mr b

Question 27

We’re all going

Answer 27

we’re all going to be just as we were before

Question 28

I wish

Answer 28

I wish you hadn’t told me, sheila act 1

Question 29

He’s been

Answer 29

He’s been steadily drinking too much for the last two years.

Question 30

I wasnt

Answer 30

I wasn’t in love with her or anything