An Inspector Calls Quotes

Which quote describes Sheila at the beginning of the play?

• "An attractive chap of around 30"

• "An ugly woman in her early forties, pleased with life and rather excitable".

• "A pretty girl in her early twenties, pleased with life and rather excited".

• "not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive".

However, which quote shows that Sheila has the potential to change at the beginning of the play & become a socialist?

• "But these girls aren't cheap labour, they're people".

• "Oh mummy!"

• "Fire and blood and anguish"

Which of these does Sheila say?

• "And I don't even remember- that's the hellish thing".

• "Mixed up together like bees in a hive"

• "Millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths"

• "You're beginning to pretend all over again that nothing.. has happened"

Who said - "The Titanic... Absolutely unsinkable"?

• Eric
• Gerald
• Mr. Birling
• The Inspector 

Who accepted "No blame for it"?

• Mr. Birling
• Sheila
• Mrs. Birling
• Eric

Who said - "So I'm really responsible?"?

• Mr. Birling
• Mrs. Birlig
• Eric
• Sheila

How is Eric described in the opening stage directions?

• Half shy, half assertive.

• Half quiet, half loud.

• Half man, half fish.

• Half shy, half open.

What are we told about the lighting in the opening stage directions?

• It should be cosy throughout the opening act but then it grows darker

• It should be pink and intimate until the Inspector arrives, when it grows brighter and harder.

• It should be bright until the Inspector arrives, when it grows darker and more intimate.

• There should be disco strobes and glowsticks.

Who says 'men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business'?

• Mr Birling

• Gerald

• Mrs Birling

• Sheila

Mr Birling refers to himself as...

• An inspiration to the young

• A political man with strong connections

• A hardheaded practical man of business

• A expert in port and cheese