Inspector Calls quotes

Question 1

Mr Birling: Rubbish! If you don’t……………

Answer 1

‘Rubbish! If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth.’

Question 2

Mr Birling: As a hard………….

Answer 2

‘As a hard-headed business man, who has to take risks and know what he’s about

Question 3

Mr Birling:‘Fiddlesticks!……..

Answer 3

‘Fiddlesticks! The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war.’

Question 4

Mr Birling:’ not only something……..

Answer 4

not only something to make ‘em look prettier, but a sort of sign or token of their self respect.’

Question 5

Mrs Birling:Yes. We’ve done…….

Answer 5

Yes. We’ve done a great deal of useful work in helping deserving cases.

Question 6

Mrs Birling: Really the……

Answer 6

Really the things you girls pick up these days!

Question 7

Mrs Birling: Girls….

Answer 7

Girls of that class-’

Question 8

Mrs Birling: ‘I’m sorry she……….

Answer 8

‘I’m sorry she should have come to such a horrible end. But I accept no blame for it at all.’

Question 9

Inspector Goole: Public men,…………

Answer 9

Public men, Mr. Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges

Question 10

Inspector Goole: You must have……..

Answer 10

You must have known what she was feeling. And you slammed the door in her face.

Question 11

Inspector Goole:“it’s better to……….

Answer 11

“it’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it”

Question 12

Inspector Goole: “If there’s nothing………..

Answer 12

“If there’s nothing else we have to share our guilt”

Question 13

Gerald:I’ve suddenly realized………

Answer 13

I’ve suddenly realized – taken it in properly – that’s she’s dead

Question 14

Gerald:Everything’s all……..

Answer 14

Everything’s all right now, Sheila. What about this ring?

Question 15

Gerald:I did keep…..

Answer 15

I did keep a girl last summer. I’ve admitted it. And I’m sorry

Question 16

Gerald:And I think…..

Answer 16

And I think my father would agree to that.

Question 17

Eric:You’d think a girl had……

Answer 17

You’d think a girl had never any clothes before she gets married.

Question 18

Eric:You haven’t…….

Answer 18

You haven’t made it any easier for me, have you, mother?

Question 19

Eric:Why shouldn’t they…..

Answer 19

Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?

Question 20

Eric: I wasn’t in love…….

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Shelia:But these girls……

Answer 21

But these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people. (Act 1)

Question 22

Shelia:is it the one you …………

Answer 22

is it the one you wanted me to have?

Question 23

Shelia:I’m not a child, don’t forget. I’ve a right to know…….

Answer 23

:I’m not a

Question 24

Shelia:No, he’s giving us the rope…….

Answer 24

No, he’s giving us the rope – so that we’ll hang ourselves