An Inspector Calls Week Four

Question 1

“…………………. large suburban house, belonging to a prosperous ……………………………….”

Answer 1

fairly, prosperous

Question 2

“husband’s social …………………..”

Answer 2

superior

Question 3

“early twenties, very ………………… with life”

Answer 3

pleased

Question 4

“well-………………. young man-about-……………..”

Answer 4

bred, young

Question 5

“not quite at ………………..”

Answer 5

ease

Question 6

Explain a woman’s position in society in 1912.

Answer 6

Women were considered to be lower than men. A well-off woman aspired to marriage; a working woman was seen as a poor person.

Question 7

What rights did the working classes have?

Answer 7

The working class had very little rights or ways to challenge the inequality rife in the gap between rich and poor.

Question 8

When would World War One break out?

Answer 8

Two years later in 1914.

Question 9

Define ‘bourgeoisie’.

Answer 9

The middle classes, including employers and people who run large companies, that have the most money and takes advantage of ordinary workers.

Question 10

Define ‘capitalism’.

Answer 10

An economic, political and social system in which property, business and industry are privately owned, and the focus is on making the greatest possible profit..

Question 11

What is the definition of socialism?

Answer 11

The set of beliefs that states that all people are equal and should share equally in a country’s money, or the political systems based on thesebeliefs.

Question 12

Birling: “………… port as your father gets”

Answer 12

same

Question 13

Birling: “lower costs and …………………… prices”

Answer 13

higher

Question 14

Birling: “in for a time of steadily increasing …………………………”

Answer 14

prosperity

Question 15

Birling: “1940…forgotten Capital vs. Labour agitations and ……………… little war scares”

Answer 15

silly

Question 16

Birling: “community and all that ……………………………”

Answer 16

nonsense

Question 17

When did WWII end?

Answer 17

8 May 1945.

Question 18

Can you give three key pieces of information about life in 1945.

Answer 18

Many people had lived through two devastating world wars.
Class distinctions had been greatly reduced as a result of two world wars.
There was a great desire for social change. Immediately after the Second World War, Clement Attlee’s Labour Party won a landslide victory over Winston Churchill and the Conservatives.

Question 19

Define ‘materialistic’.

Answer 19

Excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented.

Question 20

Define ‘individualist’.

Answer 20

A person who is independent and self-reliant.

Question 21

What is the definition of the word ‘foreshadow’?

Answer 21

To act as a warning or sign of a future event.

Question 22

‘(………………….. ring)’

Answer 22

sharp

Question 23

Birling: “……………………….. girl’s suicide”

Answer 23

wretched

Question 24

Birling: “I ……………………. Of course.”

Answer 24

refused

Question 25

Eric: “(……………………….. out) damn shame”

Answer 25

bursting

Question 26

Sheila: “these girls aren’t cheap ………………..- they’re people”

Answer 26

labour

Question 27

What was life like for women in 1912?

Answer 27

They did not have the vote. 
Women from higher classes aimed to secure a good marriage. 
Working class women who worked were viewed as cheap labour, and looked down upon for needing to work.
It was widely accepted that men were more intelligent than women.

Question 28

What was life like for women in 1945?

Answer 28

Women had earned a more valued place in society. Their integral part in the war effort has altered views on their abilities and the roles they could hold.
Women had campaigned successfully to be able to vote, and the road to equality, which women are still on today, had well and truly begun.

Question 29

Define ‘symbolism’.

Answer 29

The actions of a character, word, action, or event that have a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story.

Question 30

Define ‘conscience’.

Answer 30

A person’s moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one’s behaviour.

Question 31

Define ‘unionisation’.

Answer 31

The process of organizing the employees of a company into a labour union which will act as an intermediary between the employees and company management.

Question 32

Sheila: “Why-you ……………….-he knows”

Answer 32

fool

Question 33

Mrs Birling: “girls of that ………………..”

Answer 33

class

Question 34

Birling: “you ……………… understand that a lot of young men”

Answer 34

must

Question 35

Mrs Birling: “a piece of gross …………………………….”

Answer 35

impertinence

Question 36

Birling: “the …………….. might easily take this up”

Answer 36

press

Question 37

Mrs Birling: “I blame the young man… …………………. responsible

Answer 37

entirely

Question 38

What was the Great Depression in the U.K?

Answer 38

A period of national economic downturn in the 1930s, which had its origins in the global Great Depression.

Question 39

By how much did the production of heavy industry fall?

Answer 39

A third.

Question 40

By how much did Britain’s world trade fall from 1929 to 1933?

Answer 40

A half.

Question 41

How many were registered unemployed in the summer of 1932?

Answer 41

3.5 million

Question 42

Define ‘juxtaposition’.

Answer 42

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Question 43

What does ‘supercilious’ mean?

Answer 43

Possessing a belief in your own superiority; condescending to others.

Question 44

Define ‘electorate’.

Answer 44

All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.