An Inspector Calls - Characterisation

"[...] not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive."

Who is being described here?

• Eric Birling

• Gerald Croft

• Mr Birling

• Inspector Goole

"[...] about fifty, a rather cold woman"

Who is being described here?

• Sheila Birling

• Edna

• Mrs Birling

• Eva Smith

Who is the patriarch of the Birling family?

• Mr Birling

• Eric Birling

• Gerald Croft

"[...] a man in his fifties, dressed in a plain darkish suit of the period."

Who is being described here?

• Mr Birling

• Gerald Croft

• Inspector Goole

"[...] She was a very pretty girl too - with big dark eyes."

Who is being described here?

• Sheila Birling

• Eva Smith

• Mrs Birling

• Edna

Who is the matriarch of the Birling family?

• Sheila Birling

• Mrs Birling

• Eva Smith

"[...] an attractive chap [...] rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town."

Who is being described here?

• Eric Birling

• Gerald Croft

• Mr Birling

• Inspector Goole

"[...] a heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties with fairly easy manners"

Who is being described here?

• Eric Birling

• Gerald Croft

• Mr Birling

• Inspector Goole

"[...] a pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited."

Who is being described here?

• Mrs Birling

• Eva Smith

• Sheila Birling

• Edna

Using what you know about the play's characters, which character do you think is portrayed here?

• Eric Birling

• Mr Birling

• Inspector Goole

• Gerald Croft