LIT1 - AIC - Full quote bank

Question 1

Give the stage directions used to describe the Inspector:

Answer 1

-need not be a big man
-he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness
-plain darkish suit

Question 2

Give 3 Inspector quotes from Act 1:

Answer 2

-burnt her insides out, of course
-better to ask for the earth than to take it
-nice little promising life…nasty mess

Question 3

Give 3 Inspector quotes from Act 2:

Answer 3

-(massively) Public men…have responsibilities as well as privileges

-(very deliberately) this girl was going to have a child

-I shall do my duty (looks at watch)

Question 4

Give 2 Inspector quotes from Act 3:

Not from his final speech

Answer 4

-(taking charge, masterfully) Stop! //they are suddenly quiet, staring at him//
-you can’t even say “I’m sorry, Eva Smith”

Question 5

Give 3 quotes from the Inspector’s final speech:

Answer 5

-their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness

-We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other

-if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish

Question 6

Name the stage directions that were used to describe Mr Birling:

Answer 6

-heavy looking
-rather portentous
-rather provincial

Question 7

Give 3 quotes from Mr Birling in Act 1:

Answer 7

-just a knighthood, of course
-(rather impatiently) Yes, yes. Horrid business
-if you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth

Question 8

Give 2 quotes from Mr Birling in Act 2:

Answer 8

-I’m not defending him. But you must understand…
-he was in one of his excitable queer moods, and even though we don’t need him here–

Question 9

Give 5 quotes from Mr Birling in Act 3:

Answer 9

-you’ve been spoilt

(inspector leaves)
-a socialist or some sort of crank
-downright public scandal
-(triumphantly)…just a lot of moonshine
-they can’t even take a joke

Question 10

Give the stage directions used to describe Sybil:

Answer 10

-rather cold woman
-her husband’s social superior

Question 11

Give 2 quotes from Sybil in Act 1:

Answer 11

-when you’re married…you’ll have to get used to that, just as I had
-the things you girls pick up these days

Question 12

Give 5 quotes from Sybil in Act 2:

Answer 12

-I don’t know what you’re talking about, Sheila
-absurd business

-she had only herself to blame
-claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd for a girl in her position

-he ought to be dealt with very severely

Question 13

Give 4 quotes from Sybil in Act 3:

Answer 13

-But I didn’t know it was you…you don’t get drunk
-(shocked) You stole money?
-(Mrs Birling has collapsed into a chair)
-in the morning they’ll be as amused as we are

Question 14

Give the stage directions that are used to describe Gerald:

Answer 14

-attractive chap…rather too manly to be a dandy
-easy well-bred young man about town

Question 15

Name 4 things Gerald says in Act 1:

Answer 15

-(politely) Absolutely first class
-They’d be all broke - if I know them
-we’re respectable citizens and not criminals
-why should I have known her?

Question 16

Name 4 quotes from Gerald in Act 2:

Answer 16

-[I: protected from unpleasant and disturbing things?] If possible - yes
-(breaks off) My God!…she’s dead
-nothing less than a cry for help
-nearly any man would’ve done

Question 17

Give 3 quotes from Gerald in Act 3:

Answer 17

-(slowly) That man wasn’t a police officer
-[Sheila: crimes and idiocies] That’s alright, I don’t want to
-Everything’s all right now, Sheila

Question 18

What are the stage directions used to describe Eric?

Answer 18

not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive

Question 19

What 2 things does Eric say in Act 1?

Answer 19

-(involuntarily) My God!
-Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?

Question 20

Name 3 quotes from Eric in Act 3 before the Inspector leaves:

Answer 20

-in that state when a chap easily turns nasty…threatened to make a row
-you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble
-(nearly at breaking point)…you killed them both

Question 21

Quote 2 things Eric says after the Inspector leaves:

Answer 21

-(shouting) The girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her - and that’s what matters
-You lot may be letting yourselves out nicely, but I can’t

Question 22

Give the stage directions used to describe Sheila:

Answer 22

-pretty girl
-very pleased with life and rather excited

Question 23

Quote 4 things Sheila says in Act 1:

Answer 23

-(puts ring on admiringly) Now I really feel engaged
-these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people
-it was my own fault
-(she looks at him almost in triumph. He looks crushed)

Question 24

Give 2 quotes from Sheila in Act 2:

Answer 24

-you mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall…Inspector will break it down
-{I: going to have a child] (horrified) Oh - horrible - horrible!

Question 25

Name 2 things Sheila says in Act 3:

Answer 25

-(bitterly) I suppose we’re all nice people now
-between us we drove that girl to commit suicide

Question 26

Give some quotes that refer to Eva throughout the play:

Answer 26

Act 1
-She wanted to end her life. She felt she couldn’t go on any longer
-no work, no money coming in…lonely…desperate

Act 2
-she lies with a burnt-out inside on a slab

Act 3
-You refused her even the pitiable little bit of organised charity you had in your power to grant her.