An Inspector Calls Revision

In which fictional town is An Inspector Calls set?

• Billingham

• Barnsley

• Brumley

• Brumsberg

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

Described as a 'cold woman' in the stage directions.

• Sheila

• Eva

• Sybil

• Edna

Identify the quotation that describes the Birling's house.

• A suburban house

• A fairly large house

• A fairly large suburban house

• A large suburban house

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"

What does the Inspector say about Sheila's generation?

• He says they're 'more impressionable'.

• He says they are more capitalist than their parents

• He says they're lazy and always on their phones.

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Once the Inspector arrives he shows Birling that he isn't influenced by his status and connections. What sport does he refer to to show this:

• 'I don't play rugby' because influential men at the time did business deals on the rugby field and used these connections to avoid scandal and influence officials.

• 'I don't play tennis' because influential men at the time did business deals on the tennis court and used these connections to avoid scandal and influence officials.

• 'I don't play cricket' because influential men at the time did business deals on the cricket field and used these connections to avoid scandal and influence officials.

• 'I don't play golf' because influential men at the time did business deals on the golf course and used these connections to avoid scandal and influence officials.

Mrs Birling is described as a rather cold woman and her husband's social superior. Why would a woman marry a man socially inferior?

• Because she thought he was incredibly attractive and she was a rebel

• At the time women would marry lower class men to help their social status

• Upper class had to marry men in the middle classes to secure their status as the upper classes were losing money and the middle classes making money

• She didn't realise he was of a different class to her until it was too late

Priestley uses Sheila as a vehicle to represent....

• Materialism

• The changing role of women,

• How the younger generation can become more socialist.

• Capitalism

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