An Inspector Calls Quotes Acts 1/2 Flashcards

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1
Q

The lighting should be _ _ _ until the _ arrives then it should be _ _ _.

A

Pink and intimate, inspector, brighter and harder

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2
Q

As they stare _ _ _ the curtain falls

A

Guiltily and dumbfounded

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3
Q

Lower _ and higher _ (Mr. Birling)

A

Costs, prices

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4
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I speak as a - _ _ (Mr. Birling)

A

Hard-headed business man

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5
Q

I say there isn’t a chance of _ (Mr.Birling)

A

War

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6
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Absolutely _ (Mr. Birling)

A

Unsinkable

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7
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A man has to make his _ _ (Mr Birling)

A

Own way

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8
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She had a lot to say- _ _ _ -so she had to go

A

Far too much

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9
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_ _ inside out, of course (Inspector)

A

Burnt her

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10
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A _ of events (Inspector)

A

Chain

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11
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If there’s nothing else, _ _ _ _ _ _ (inspector)

A

We’ll have to share our guilt

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12
Q

A nice little promising life there, I thought, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (inspector)

A

And a nasty mess somebody’s made of it

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13
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We often do on the young ones. _ _ _ (Inspector)

A

There more impressionable

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14
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But these girls aren’t _ _, there people (Sheila)

A

Cheap labour

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15
Q

It’s the _ _ I’ve ever done anything like that, and I’ll _, _ do it again to anybody. (Sheila)

A

only time, never, never

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16
Q

I hate to think how much _ _ _ _ _ (Sheila)

A

he knows that we don’t know yet

17
Q

We mustn’t try to _ _ _ _ _ _ between us and that girl. (Sheila)

A

build up a kind of wall

18
Q

We really must stop these _ _ (Sheila)

A

silly pretences

19
Q

Girls of that _ (Mrs Birling)

A

class

20
Q

_ _ ! I must say we are learning something tonight (Mrs.Birling)

A

Alderman Meggarty!

21
Q

He’s a _ _ as well as being one of the worst _ and rogues in Brumley –’ (Gerald Croft)

A

notorious womanizer, sots

22
Q

I became at once the _ _ _ _ _ _ – you understand?’ (Gerald Croft)

A

most important person in her life

23
Q

‘She told me _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -…She didn’t blame me at all.’ (Gerald Croft)

A

she’d been happier than she’d ever been before

24
Q

‘He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out. _ _ _ _ _ .’ (Eric)

A

I call it tough luck.’