An Inspector Calls - Key Character Quotes

Question 1

Mr Birling quote-

‘A hard-headed ________ man of ________’

Answer 1

‘A hard-headed practical man of business’

Question 2

Mr Birling quote-

( To _______ ) ‘yes, my ____, I know - I’m _______ too much’

Answer 2

( To Mrs Birling ) ‘yes, my dear, I know - I’m talking too much’

Question 3

Mr Birling quote-

( to ______ ) ‘perhaps we may look forward to a time when ______ and ________ are no longer _________ but are working together’

Answer 3

( to Gerald ) ‘perhaps we may look forward to a time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together’

Question 4

Mr Birling quote-

‘The _________ don’t want ___’

Answer 4

‘The Germans don’t want war’

Question 5

Mr Birling quote-

‘Unsinkable, __________ __________’

Answer 5

‘Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’

Question 6

Mr Birling quote-

‘Mixed up together like ____ in a ____’

Answer 6

‘Mixed up together like bees in a hive’

Question 7

Mr Birling quote-

‘_________ and all that ________’

Answer 7

‘Community and all that nonsense’

Question 8

Mr Birling quote-

‘A man has to ____ his own ________ and look out for himself and his ___.’

Answer 8

‘A man has to mind his own business and look out for himself and his own.’

Question 9

Mr Birling quote-

‘The _______ girl’s _______’

Answer 9

‘The wretched girl’s suicide’

Question 10

Mr Birling quote-

‘The _____ story’s just a lot of _________.’

Answer 10

‘The whole story’s just a lot of moonshine’

Question 11

Mrs Birling quote-

( to ______ ) ‘ when you’re _______ , you’ll realise that men with _________ work to do sometimes have to spend all their ____ and ______ on their ________. You’ll have to get used to that, just as I had.’

Answer 11

( to Sheila ) ‘ when you’re married, you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend all their time and energy on their business. You’ll have to get used to that, just as I had.’

Question 12

Mr Birling quote-

‘_________ looking, rather __________ man’

Answer 12

‘Heavy looking, rather portentous man’

Question 13

Mrs Birling quote-

‘_____ of that _____’

Answer 13

‘Girls of that class’

Question 14

Mrs Birling quote-

(On ____’s drinking) ‘ he’s only a ___.’

Answer 14

(On Eric’s drinking) ‘he’s only a boy’

Question 15

Mrs Birling quote-

‘I did _______ I’m _______ of.’

Answer 15

‘I did nothing that I’m ashamed of.’

Question 16

Mrs Birling quote-

‘I _____ the _____ man. He ought to be dealt with very _______.’

Answer 16

‘I blame the young man. He ought to be dealt with very severely.’

Question 17

Gerald quote-

‘I hope I can make you as _____ as you _______ to be.’

Answer 17

‘I hope I can make you as happy as you deserve to be.’

Question 18

Gerald quote-

‘My ___! … I’ve ________ realised - taken it in properly - that she’s ____!’

Answer 18

My god! … I’ve suddenly realised - taken it in properly - that she’s dead!’

Question 19

Gerald quote-

‘I didn’t _______ her there so I could make ____ to her.’

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Gerald quote-

‘I didn’t ____ about her as she ____ about me.’

Answer 20

‘I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me.’

Question 21

Eric quote-

‘I was in a ____ when a chap easily turns _____.’

Answer 21

‘I was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty.’

Question 22

Eric quote-

‘You’re not the kind of ______ a chap could go to when he’s in _______. That’s why.’

Answer 22

‘You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble. That’s why.’

Question 23

Eric quote-

‘You ______ her - and the _____ she’d have had too - my child’

Answer 23

‘You killed her - and the child she’d have had too - my child’

Question 24

Eric quote-

‘You’re beginning to _______ as if nothing’s really _________ at all. And I can’t see it like that. The girls still ____, isn’t she?’

Answer 24

‘You’re beginning to pretend as if nothing’s really happened at all. And I can’t see it like that. The girl’s still dead, isn’t she?’

Question 25

Eric quote-

‘We ______ to ____ her.’

Answer 25

‘we helped to kill her.’

Question 26

Sheila quote-

‘Except for all last ______ when you never came near me.’

Answer 26

‘Except for all last summer when you never came near me.’

Question 27

Sheila quote-

‘But these girls aren’t cheap _____ - they’re ______.’

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Sheila quote-

‘She was very _____ and looked like she could take care of _______.’

Answer 28

She was very pretty and looked like she could take care of herself.’

Question 29

Shelia quote-

‘He’s giving us ____ so that we’ll ____ ourselves.’

Answer 29

‘He’s giving us rope so we’ll hang ourselves.’

Question 30

Inspector Goole quote-

‘One line of _______ at a time.’

Answer 30

‘One line of enquiry at a time.’

Question 31

Inspector Goole quotes-

‘She ____ in ______ and _____’

Answer 31

‘She died in misery and agony’

Question 32

Inspector Goole quote-

‘They will be ______ it in ____ and ____ and _______.’

Answer 32

‘They will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.’