An Inspector Calls Technique

Question 1

What is the setting of An Inspector Calls?

Answer 1

The play is set in the fictional town of Brumley in 1912.

Question 2

Who wrote An Inspector Calls?

Answer 2

J.B. Priestley

Question 3

What is the main theme of An Inspector Calls?

Answer 3

Social responsibility

Question 4

What is the role of the Inspector in the play?

Answer 4

To challenge the characters’ morals and behaviors

Question 5

What is the dramatic technique used in the play where the characters are unaware of the consequences of their actions?

Answer 5

Dramatic irony

Question 6

Who is the character responsible for Eva Smith’s death?

Answer 6

Each member of the Birling family

Question 7

What is the significance of the lighting changes in the play?

Answer 7

To create tension and reflect the characters’ emotions

Question 8

What is the climax of the play?

Answer 8

When the Inspector reveals the characters’ connection to Eva Smith

Question 9

What is the purpose of the final phone call in the play?

Answer 9

To suggest the possibility of a real Inspector arriving

Question 10

What is the role of Eva Smith in the play?

Answer 10

To represent the exploited working class

Question 11

What is the significance of the ending of the play being left open to interpretation?

Answer 11

To encourage the audience to reflect on their own actions

Question 12

What is the central message of An Inspector Calls?

Answer 12

That everyone is responsible for their actions and their impact on others

Question 13

What is the purpose of the Birling family’s wealth in the play?

Answer 13

To highlight their privilege and detachment from the working class

Question 14

What is the effect of the Inspector’s interrogation on the characters?

Answer 14

To make them question their beliefs and values

Question 15

What is the role of Sheila Birling in the play?

Answer 15

To show growth and change in response to the Inspector’s revelations

Question 16

What is the significance of the Inspector’s name, Inspector Goole?

Answer 16

To suggest a supernatural or otherworldly presence

Question 17

What is the purpose of the time setting of 1912 in the play?

Answer 17

To create a sense of impending change and foreshadow future events

Question 18

What is the role of the Birling family in relation to Eva Smith?

Answer 18

To represent different aspects of society’s mistreatment of the working class

Question 19

What is the significance of the play’s socialist message?

Answer 19

To critique the capitalist society of the time

Question 20

What is the effect of the Inspector’s final speech in the play?

Answer 20

To emphasize the need for social change and responsibility

Question 21

What is the purpose of the Inspector’s exit at the end of the play?

Answer 21

To leave the characters to face the consequences of their actions

Question 22

What is the role of Gerald Croft in the play?

Answer 22

To demonstrate the upper class’s indifference to the working class

Question 23

What is the significance of the generational divide in the play?

Answer 23

To show differing attitudes towards social responsibility

Question 24

What is the impact of the Inspector’s revelations on the characters’ relationships?

Answer 24

To expose the cracks in their facades and relationships