WorksheetsInspector Calls (Opening Stage Directions)
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
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".
What can we infer from the lighting at the beginning of the play?
The family are happy and content
The family are very close and supportive
That the family are living life like they are looking through rose tinted glasses (not seeing things as they really are)
The family are arguing with each other
What quotes are used to describe Arthur Birling in the stage directions?
heaving-looking
portentous
easy mannered
arrogant
What quotes are used to describe Sybil Birling?
cold
social superior
pretty
formal
What do we discover about Gerald through the stage directions?
He is suspicious
He isn't at ease
He is a dandy
He is a well-bred young man
What is Eric described as in the stage directions
Squiffy
Half shy, half assertive
Stubborn
At ease
What are all the Birlings feeling at the end of the stage directions?
Pleased with themselves
Pleased with life
Pleased with their dinner
Pleased with the engagement
Who does Gerald Croft represent?
The working class
The Socialists
The upper classes
What is the patriarchy?
A system in which men have power over women.
A system in which the upper classes have power over everyone else
A system where money is the most important thing
A system where women have power.
