An Inspector Calls Act 1 Quotes

Question 1

‘____ been taken _____ this afternoon because she’d _________ a lot of ______ ________. Burnt her inside out, __ _____’
_______ _______ Act 1

Answer 1

‘She’d been taken there this afternoon because she’d swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant. Burnt her inside out, of course’
Inspector Goole Act 1
- violent imagery (the Birlings destroyed he in every way)
- Adverbial phrase ‘of course’ = inevitability and common for the desperate working class

Question 2

‘After ___ it’s better to ask ___ the _____ than to ____ __’
Inspector Goole Act _

Answer 2

‘After all it’s better to ask for the earth than to take it’
Inspector Goole Act 1
- Priestley’s diatribe
- Mr B see’s workers as a way of getting higher prices

Question 3

‘__ ______ as a hard-headed, _______ man of business’
__ ______ Act 1

Answer 3

‘I’m talking as a hard headed practical man of business’
Mr Birling Act 1
- Mr B is aware he’s a harsh capitalist (Someone who hopes to profit by investing money or financing business ventures)
- Sense of pride in himself

Question 4

‘I say ____ isn’t a chance of ___….The ______-________, absolutely _________’
Mr Birling Act _

Answer 4

I say there isn’t a chance of war….The Titanic-unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’ Mr Birling Act 1
- Dramatic irony (thinks he’s an expert and superior on all subjects) - effect on audience
-Birlings believe they are untouchable

Question 5

‘One of ___ ________ nights of my ____’
__ _______ Act 1

Answer 5

‘One of the happiest nights of my life’
Mr Birling Act 1
- Superlative (highest quality)
- cares about business over Sheila’s happiness

Question 6

’ __ you don’t ____ ____ sharply on some of____ ______, they’d soon be ______ for the _____’
Mr Birling Act _

Answer 6

‘If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth’
Mr Birling Act 1