Mr Birling Part 2

Question 1

At a family celebration all Mr Birling thinks about is buisness

Answer 1

Perhaps we may look forward to the time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together – for lower costs and higher prices.

Question 2

Mr Birling won’t accept any respocibility

Answer 2

Still, I can’t accept any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it? (Act 1)

Question 3

Mr Birling’s memories of Eva Smith

Answer 3

This girl. Eva Smith, was one of them, she’d had a lot to say – far too much – so she had to go. (Act 1)

Question 4

Mr Birling’s respoce to why he shouldn’t gove them higher wages

Answer 4

Rubbish! If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth. (Act 1)

Question 5

Mr Birling trys to intimidate the inspector

Answer 5

(angrily) Inspector, I’ve told you before, I don’t like the tone nor the way you’re handling this inquiry. And I don’t propose to give you much rope. (act 2)

Question 6

All Mr Birling thinks about is how it will hurt his business’s publicity

Answer 6

(dubiously) I must say, Sybil, that when this comes out at the inquest, it isn’t going to do us much good. The press might easily take it up—(Act 2)

Question 7

Mr Birling doesn’t care that his son sexualy assulted a women only about ensuring his businesses stability

Answer 7

You must give me a list of those accounts. I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can. (act 3)

Question 8

Mr Birling is angary at Erik for causing a scandel when he could of got knighted

Answer 8

(angrily) Yes, and you don’t realize yet all you’ve done. Most of this is bound to come out. There’ll be a public scandal. (act 3)

Question 9

Mr Birling is happy that he finds out that the inspector was a fake. He doesn’t care about the wrong doing that he has done

Answer 9

(triumphantly) There you are! Proof positive. The whole story’s just a lot of moonshine. Nothing but an elaborate sell! (Act 3)

Question 10

Mr Birling laughs about Sheila’s and Erik’s guilt

Answer 10

(jovially) But the whole thing’s different now. Come, come, you can see that, can’t you? (Imitating Inspector in his final speech.) You all helped to kill her. (pointing at Sheila and Eric, and laughing.) and I wish you could have seen the look on your faces when he said that. (Act 3)