An Inspector Calls: Key Facts (Quotes, Context and Characters)

True or false: JB Priestley was born into a working class family.

• True

• False

When was the play written?

• 1932

• 1912

• 1948

• 1945

Answer explanation

The play was first performed in 1945, imagine how the audience would have reacted to some of Birling's comments about war.

Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'?

• J.C Priestly

• Charles Dickens

• J.B Priestley

• William Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Remember it is PriestlEy. So many pupils mis-spell Priestley's name on the exam!

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When was the play set?

• 1914

• 1945

• 1912

• 1932

Answer explanation

The play was set over 30 years prior to being written. Priestley uses the power of hindsight.

Which war did Priestley fight in?

• World War I

• World War II

• Crimean War

• The Gulf War

Capitalists are particularly concerned about:

• Helping other people

• Money and business

• Sharing out the workload

• Stopping war

Answer explanation

Is a system where people can become as rich as they want. Companies make their money through profit. A factory owner buys something for £5 but sells it to the public for £10. The factory owner decides what to do with the money made from the sale: keep or reinvest. There is very little say by the Government over what happens with that money. It is yours to keep; it is ‘private’.

What catastrophic event happened in 1912?

• The Spanish Flu Pandemic

• The Titanic sank

• World War I

• World War II

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The Suffragettes believed ...

• Men were superior to women.

• Women should stay at home and look after the family.

• Women should be allowed to vote.

• Women shouldn't be allowed in court.

Answer explanation

Although they did support women's rights more broadly, the Suffragettes MAIN aim was to gain the vote for women.

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In the Edwardian period, the class system was rigid with a set of rules that must be followed.

• True

• False

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