eric

Question 1

I don’t know – really. Suddenly I felt I just had to …………… (Act 1)

Answer 1

I don’t know – really. Suddenly I felt I just had to laugh. (Act 1)

Question 2

(rather noisily) All the best! She’s got a ………………………… sometimes – but she’s not bad really. ………………… Sheila! (Act 1)

Answer 2

(rather noisily) All the best! She’s got a nasty temper sometimes – but she’s not bad really. Good old Sheila! (Act 1)

Question 3

I left’em talking about clothes again. You’d think a girl had never any ……………. before she gets married. Women are …………………………….. (Act 1)

Answer 3

I left’em talking about clothes again. You’d think a girl had never any clothes before she gets married. Women are potty about ‘em. (Act 1)

Question 4

Why shouldn’t they try for ………………………… (Act 1)

Answer 4

Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? (Act 1)

Question 5

(bitterly) You haven’t made it any …………………, have you, mother? (Act 2)

Answer 5

(bitterly) You haven’t made it any easier for me, have you, mother? (Act 2)

Question 6

Yes. I wasn’t …………………….. or anything – but I liked her – she was ………………….and a ………………………..-

Answer 6

Yes. I wasn’t in love with her or anything – but I liked her – she was pretty and a good sport–

Question 7

No. she didn’t want me to …………. her. Said I didn’t love her – and all that. In a way, she treated me – as if ……………………… Though I was ……………………..as she was. (Act 2)

Answer 7

No. she didn’t want me to marry her. Said I didn’t love her – and all that. In a way, she treated me – as if I were a kid. Though I was nearly as old as she was. (Act 2)

Question 8

(nearly at breaking point) Then – you killed her. She came to you to ………………..me – and you turned her away – yes, and you……………… – and the child she’d have had too (Act 2)

Answer 8

(nearly at breaking point) Then – you killed her. She came to you to protect me – and you turned her away – yes, and you killed her – and the child she’d have had too (Act 2)

Question 9

(unhappily) My God – I’m not ……………….. (Act 2)

Answer 9

(unhappily) My God – I’m not likely to forget. (Act 2)

Question 10

Well, I don’t blame you. But don’t forget I’m …………………………….. as well – yes both of you. (Act 3)

Answer 10

Well, I don’t blame you. But don’t forget I’m ashamed of you as well – yes both of you. (Act 3)

Question 11

( bursting out) What’s the use of talking about ……………………… You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all. And I can’t see it like that. This girl’s still dead, isn’t she? Nobody’s …………………………… have they? (Act 3)

Answer 11

( bursting out) What’s the use of talking about behaving sensibly. You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all. And I can’t see it like that. This girl’s still dead, isn’t she? Nobody’s brought her to life, have they? (Act 3)

Question 12

The money’s not the …………………thing. It’s what happened to ………………and what we all did to her that matters. (Act 3)

Answer 12

The money’s not the important thing. It’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters. (Act 3)

Question 13

what does squiffy mean

Answer 13

its edwardian slang for drunk

Question 14

what is erics recurring motif in the play

Answer 14

his drinking

Question 15

does he sympathise with eva smiths death originally?

Answer 15

yes, he says ‘‘oh god’’

Question 16

who does eric shift the blame to

Answer 16

his parents

Question 17

who is erics views of women aligned with

Answer 17

gerald and mrs birling

Question 18

does eric change?

Answer 18

yes he undergoes a moral and social epiphany

Question 19

whose acts in the play were criminal?

Answer 19

erics- rape and theft

Question 20

what is eric symbolic of?

Answer 20

how no matter what an individual has done,there is still possibility for redemption

Question 21

what was priestleys purpose presented through the character of eric

Answer 21

how a systemic change in the class system is needed
to challenge the perception of working class women
to expose the devastating consequences of the play boy lifestyle lived by many young men