an inspector calls

Question 1

where is the play set in?

Answer 1

brumley

Question 2

On what occasion is the family dining, at the beginning of the play?

Answer 2

sheilas engagement to gereald

Question 3

What does Arthur believe is the most important thing a businessman can protect?

Answer 3

his profits

Question 4

what is the inspectors name?

Answer 4

inspector Goole

Question 5

whom does the inspector question first?

Answer 5

mr birling - arthur

Question 6

whom does the inspector question last?

Answer 6

eric

Question 7

The Inspector’s political beliefs might be most nearly characterized as what?

Answer 7

socialism

Question 8

Arthur hints that which ship is unsinkable?

Answer 8

the titanic

Question 9

The Inspector hints at which future conflict?

Answer 9

world war 1

Question 10

Which is not a name for the young girl in question?

Answer 10

Julia Olsen

Question 11

What does Gerald say he needs to do after being question?

Answer 11

go for a walk

Question 12

what is geralds family name?

Answer 12

croft

Question 13

What does Arthur call Eric, referring to his work ethic?

Answer 13

lazy

Question 14

What does Eric steal from the family business?

Answer 14

money

Question 15

Into how many scenes is the play divided?

Answer 15

The play doesn’t have scene divisions

Question 16

when does the play take place?

Answer 16

1912

Question 17

What worries Arthur the most in Act Three?

Answer 17

a ‘public scandal’

Question 18

what does gerald give sheila in act 1

Answer 18

a ring

Question 19

key quotes for sheila

Answer 19

‘(pretty girl in her early twenties)’ …
‘Except for all last summer when you never came near me’ …
‘You’re squiffy’ ‘ass’ ‘chump’ …
‘Mummy’ …
‘Pretty?’ …
‘You talk as if we were responsible-‘ …
‘But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people’ …
‘(little cry, gives a half stifled sob, and then runs out)’

Question 20

key quotes for mr birling

Answer 20

Showing off to Gerald Croft ‘You ought to like this port, Gerald. As a matter of fact, Finchley told me it’s the same port your father gets from him.’
Pg 4: Capitalism, Selfish ‘Now you have brought us together, and perhaps we may look forward to a time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together – for lower costs and higher prices. ’
Pg 5: ‘Sheila’s a lucky girl - and I think you’re a pretty fortunate young man too, Gerald’
Pg 6: ‘Are you listening, Sheila? This concerns you too. And after all I don’t often make speeches at you-‘
Pg 6: Naive, Capitalism ‘Fiddlesticks! The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war.’
Pg 7: Dismissive ‘I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business. And I say there isn’t a chance of war.’
Pg 7: Dramatic Irony ‘The titanic- she sails next week’-‘Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’
Pg 7: ‘Let’s say, in 1940- you might be having a little party like this - your sons and daughters might be getting engaged.’
Stubborn, Capitalism ‘man has to mind his own business and look after himself.’

Question 21

key quotes for gerald croft

Answer 21

‘It’s what happened to her after she left Mr Birling’ work that’s important.’
Page 26: ‘I don’t come into this suicide business.’
Page 31: ‘Mrs Birling, the inspector knows all that. And I don’t think it’s a very good idea to remind him’
Page 35: ‘Sorry- I- well, I’ve suddenly realized- taken it in properly- that she’s dead-‘
He tries to hide the truth from the Inspector (that he had been involved with Eva/Daisy) from the start, (‘we can keep it from him’) but Sheila criticises this. She noticed how he reacted when he heard the name ‘Daisy Renton’.
Gerald met Daisy Renton in the Palace Bar. He rescued her from Aldermand Meggarty and felt sorry for her. He kept her as his mistress for a few months but it eventually came to an end. He was aware that Daisy Renton’s feelings towards him were stronger than his were towards her.
Page 37: ‘I want you to understand that I didn’t install her there so that I could make love to her.’​
Page 38: ‘I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me’

Question 22

key quotes for mrs briling

Answer 22

‘Arthur you’re not supposed to say such things’
Pg 3: ‘Sheila! What an expression! Really, the things you girls pick up these days!’
Pg 3: ‘Now Sheila don’t tease him. When you’re married you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business.’
Pg 4: ‘Now Arthur, I don’t think you ought to talk business on an occasion like this.’
Pg 30/32 (different editions): Thinks her family are perfect ‘(staggered) It isn’t true. You know him, Gerald - and you’re a man - you must know it isn’t true.’
‘That - I consider - is a trifle impertinent, Inspector’
Pg 30: ‘Please don’t contradict me like that’
Pg 30: Accuses Sheila of staying for: ‘Nothing but morbid curiosity’
Pg 31: ‘I’m talking to the inspector now if you don’t mind’
Pg 31: Intimidation ‘You know of course that my husband was lord Mayor only two years ago and that he’s still a magistrate.’
Pg 32: Lying to cover her back ‘Though naturally I don’t know anything about this girl’
Pg 33: ‘Over excited… And she refuses to go.’
Pg 34: Ignorant ‘It would be much better if Sheila didn’t listen to this story at all’
Pg 35: Thinks upper class are perfect ‘(staggered) Well, really! Aldermand Meggarty! I must say, we are learning something tonight’
Pg 38: ‘I don’t think we want any further details of this disgusting affair’
Pg 38: ‘It’s disgusting to me.’
Facade to make her look good ‘(with dignity) Yes. We’ve done a great deal of useful work in helping deserving cases.’
Page 41: ‘I don’t understand you Inspector’Page 42: ‘And if I was, what business is it of yours?’
Pg 43: Classist Snob because Eva used her name. ‘Yes I think it was simply a piece of gross impertinence.’
Pg 43: ‘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.’
Pg 43: ‘But I think she had only herself to blame’

Question 23

facts about JB Priestly

Answer 23

born in a middle class afmily in bradford in 1894.
served for ww1, got severly ingured.
established writer novals and essays.
during WW2 worked as a propaganda broadcaster on BBc radio.
his show was cancelled for being to left wing (socialist)

Question 24

why did JB Priestly write and inspector calls?

Answer 24

to protect eva smith.
to warn the 1945 audience
to shock audiences about selfishness
to mock the self-centerd upper class
to show the need for change
to force the audience to see their own failings
to further the caouse of socialism
to show the failings of capitalism
to show the need for a stronger welfare state
to parody industrialsit (like Mr Birling) short- sightedness

Question 25

what is AO5?

Answer 25

is linked to ‘what is written’ for example in a speech, does it have the features of a speech; or in a letter is it a sign-off and adress correctly layed out?

Question 26

AO5 in creative writing?

Answer 26

this is assessing whether you have created tension, developed characters, added a twist in your story

Question 27

what is AO6?

Answer 27

its ‘how its written’ - this focuses on the basic elements of your writing, such as a spelling, a varied and appropriate vocabulary, the correct use of punctuation and good grammer.

Question 28

what is AO5 and AO6 marked out of?

Answer 28

AO5 = 24 marks
AO6 = 16 marks