An Inspector Calls - Vital Quotes

Question 1

“For ________ costs, and _________ prices”

Answer 1

“For lower costs, and higher prices”

• Mr Birling, Act 1

Question 2

“When you’re _______ , you’ll realise that men with important ____ to do have to spend nearly all their ____ and ______ on their buisness.”

Answer 2

“When you’re married, you’ll realise that men with important work to do have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their buisness.”
- Mrs Birling, Act 1

Question 3

“Nobody wants ___ … fiddlesticks!”

Answer 3

“Nobody wants war … fiddlesticks!”
- Mr Birling, Act 1

Question 4

“__________, absolutely __________”

Answer 4

“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
- Mr Birling, Act 1

Question 5

“All mixed up together like bees in a hive - _________ and all that ________”

Answer 5

“All mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense”
- Mr Birling, Act 1

Question 6

“It’s my ____ to keep ______ _____ down”

Answer 6

“It’s my duty to keep labour costs down”
- Mr Birling, Act 1

Question 7

“Rubbish! If you don’t come down _______ on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for ___ _____”

Answer 7

“Rubbish! If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the Earth”
- Mr Birling, Act 1

Question 8

“It isn’t if you can’t go and ____ somewhere else”

Answer 8

“It isn’t if you can’t go and work somewhere else”
- Eric, Act 1
-Challenging Mr Birling for firing Eva Smith

Question 9

“Well I think it’s a damn shame … Why shouldn’t they ___ for ______ _____? We try for the _______ possible ______”

Answer 9

“Well I think it’s a damn shame … Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices”
- Eric, Act 1
Challenging Mr Birling for firing Eva Smith

Question 10

“These girls aren’t _____ ______ - they’re ______”

Answer 10

“These girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people”
- Sheila, Act 1
To Mr Birling

Question 11

“If she had been some ________, plain little ________ I don’t suppose I’d have done it”

Answer 11

“If she had been some miserable, plain little creature I don’t suppose I’d have done it”
- Shelia, Act 1

Question 12

“I didn’t _______ her there to make love to her”

Answer 12

“I didn’t install her there to make love to her”
- Gerald, Act 2

Question 13

“I hate these ____-eyed, _____-faced women”

Answer 13

“I hate these hard-eyed, dough-faced women”
- Gerald, Act 2

Question 14

“He’s just talking to my ___, ____, who seems to be in an _________, _____ mood”

Answer 14

“He’s just talking to my son, Eric, who seems to be in an excitable, silly mood”
- Mrs Birling, Act 2
To the Inspector, about Mr Birling and Eric

Question 15

“Naturally that was one of the things that __________ me _______ her case”

Answer 15

“Naturally that was one of the things that prejudiced me against her case”
- Mrs Birling, Act 2

Question 16

“Go and look for the ______ of the _____ - it’s his responsibility”

Answer 16

“Go and look for the father of the child - it’s his responsibility”
- Mrs Birling
To Inspector after asked what Eva Smith should’ve done instead of seeking help

Question 17

“I began talking to her and _____ her a few ______. I was rather ___ ____”

Answer 17

“I began talking to her and stood her a few drinks. I was rather far gone”
- Eric, Act 3

Question 18

“I was in that state when a ____ easily turns _____, and I threatened to make a ___”

Answer 18

“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty, and I threatened to make a row”
- Eric, Act 3
To the Inspector about Eva Smith

Question 19

“She was ______ and a ____ _____”

Answer 19

“She was pretty and a good sport”
- Eric, Act 3
About Eva Smith

Question 20

“I hate these ___ old _____ round the town”

Answer 20

“I hate these fat old tarts round the town”
- Eric, Act 3

Question 21

“You’re not the kind of ______ a ____ could go to when he’s __ _______ - that’s why”

Answer 21

“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble - that’s why”
- Eric, Act 3
To Mr Birling

Question 22

“We are all _______ of one ____”

Answer 22

“We are all members of one body”
- The Inspector, Act 3
To everybody in the room

Question 23

“If men will not _____ that ______, then they will be ______ it in ____ and _____ and _______”

Answer 23

“If men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish”
- The Inspector, Act 3
To everybody in the room

Question 24

“I’m not likely to ______”

Answer 24

“I’m not likely to forget”
- Eric, Act 3

Question 25

“The fact _______ that I did what I did, and ______ did what ___ did. And the rest of you did what you did to her”

Answer 25

“The fact remains that I did what I did, and mother did what she did. And the rest of you did what you did to her”
- Eric, Act 3
To his family

Question 26

“It _________ me the way you ____”

Answer 26

“It frightens me the way you talk”
- Sheila, Act 3
To Mr Birling, after Inspector leaves