Quotes

Question 1

The one wanted me have, look beauty-sheila

Answer 1

Oh - Gerald - you’ve got it - is it the one you wanted me to have?.. Look mummy, isn’t a beauty!

Question 2

Never agian-sheila

Answer 2

I’ll never, never, do it to anybody again

Question 3

Cheap labour, people-sheila

Answer 3

They’re not cheap labour, they’re people

Question 4

Aren’t same people sat down dinner-sheila

Answer 4

You and I aren’t the same people who sat down to dinner here.

Question 5

Drove girl to suicide-sheila

Answer 5

Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide.

Question 6

Dont seem learnt-sheila

Answer 6

you don’t seem to have learnt anything

Question 7

You two being childish

Answer 7

It’s you two who are being childish – trying not to face the facts.

Question 8

heavy looking, portentous… provincial-Stage direction mr birling

Answer 8

A heavy looking, rather portentous man… provincial in this speech

Question 9

Titanic-Mr Birling

Answer 9

unsinkable, absolutely, unsinkable

Question 10

Community, bees in hive-Mr Birling

Answer 10

community and all that nonsense … mixed up together like bees in a hive

Question 11

Cant accept-MR Birling

Answer 11

I can’t accept any responsibility

Question 12

Duty labour costs-Mr birling

Answer 12

Well, it’s my duty to keep labour costs down

Question 13

headed buisness-MR birling

Answer 13

hard-headed, practical man of business.

Question 14

Try for wages- Eric

Answer 14

Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?

Question 15

Try for highest- Eric

Answer 15

We try for the highest possible prices.

Question 16

In state when chap nasty- Eric

Answer 16

I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty

Question 17

Killed-Eric

Answer 17

You killed her!

Question 18

Dead We killed her-Eric

Answer 18

The girl’s dead and we all killed her

Question 19

Insisted-eric

Answer 19

I insisted - it seems

Question 20

More upset than probbably appear-Gerald

Answer 20

I’m rather more - upset … than I probably appear

Question 21

Nonsense-Gerald

Answer 21

It may have all been nonsense

Question 22

Ask earth take- inspector

Answer 22

It’s better to ask for the earth than take it

Question 23

Events-inspector

Answer 23

A chain of events.

Question 24

Easy-inspector

Answer 24

‘if you’re easy with me, I’m easy with you

Question 25

Fire,blood anguish-Inspector

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Girls class-mrs birling

Answer 26

girls of that class

Question 27

No power- Mrs birling

Answer 27

You have no power to make me change my mind

Question 28

Dont. Wont-Mrs birling

Answer 28

I don’t believe it. I won’t believe it.

Question 29

Duty-Mrs birling

Answer 29

I did no more than my duty

Question 30

Accept no blame-Mrs birling

Answer 30

I accept no blame for it at all

Question 31

Didnt give in-Mrs birling

Answer 31

I was the only one who didn’t give in to him

Question 32

Shy assertive-eric

Answer 32

Half shy half assertive

Question 33

Cold MRS B

Answer 33

Rather cold woman

Question 34

Husband social- MRS B

Answer 34

Her husbands social superior

Question 35

Blame- sheila

Answer 35

I know im to blame

Question 36

Sorry her- sheila

Answer 36

I couldn’t be sorry for her.

Question 37

Young pretty-gerald

Answer 37

She was young and pretty

Question 38

Millions eva/john smiths

Answer 38

there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us

Question 39

My -eric

Answer 39

(Invelentary) my God!

Question 40

One body -inspector

Answer 40

We are members of one body.