An Inspector Calls Vocabulary Week 5

At the beginning of the play, Sheila is very .... but she becomes more assertive as the play unfolds.

• opulent

• acquiescent

• proletarian

• refute

Even by the end of the play, Mr and Mrs Birling remain...

• proletarian

• opulent

• unrepentant

• contempt

The inspector is absolutely ... in his investigation of the Birling family.

(a)  

At first, Mr and Mrs Birling ... the inspector's allegations.

• injudicious

• contempt

• refute

• dogmatic

Gerald's affair with Daisy Renton was ...

• injudicious

• opulent

• acquiescent

• unrepentant

The high-class Birlings are used to living in ... surroundings.

• injudicious

• Proletarian

• opulent

• irredeemable

Mr Birling proves to be absolutely ... over his refusal to accept his responsibility for Eva Smith's death.

• acquiescent

• immutable

• opulent

• contempt

At the beginning of the play, Mrs Birling treats the Inspector with a certain degree of ...

• unrepentant

• Proletarian

• dogmatic

• contempt

Priestley's purpose was to make a stand on behalf of the .... section of society, people who were not usually given a voice such as Eva Smith and Edna the maid.

• opulent

• proletarian

• dogmatic

• unrepentant

The play seems to suggest that the mistakes of the older generation may be not be ....., and that the younger generation are capable of building a better world.

• dogmatic

• Proletarian

• irredeemable

• opulent