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an inspector calllsel

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these adjectives does not describe Sheila?

a)

Static (doesn't change).

b)

Narcissistic

c)

Open minded

d)

Perceptive

2.

Which quote describes Sheila at the beginning of the play?

a)

"An attractive chap of around 30"

b)

"An ugly woman in her early forties, pleased with life and rather excitable".

c)

"A pretty girl in her early twenties, pleased with life and rather excited".

d)

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

3.

Sheila....

a)

Installs Eva in a flat to make love to her

b)

Stops Eva from getting money from a charity

c)

Fires Eva from her job at the factor

d)

Gets Eva fired from her job at Millwoods

4.

How does Priestley hint that Sheila is childish at the beginning of the play?

a)

Sheila gets drunk frequently

b)

She calls her parents 'Mummy' and 'Daddy', and uses childish language like calling Eric 'squiffy'.

c)

Sheila gets Eva fired from her job

d)

Sheila is engaged to Gerald

5.

How does Sheila react to Eva's death? What does this show about her?

a)

She says that she 'wished the inspector hadn't told her', which shows that she cares more about her engagement party than about Eva's suicide.

b)

She is instantly appauled to hear that a young girl killed herself, and shows empathy.

6.

However, which quote shows that Sheila has the potential to change at the beginning of the play & become a socialist?

a)

"But these girls aren't cheap labour, they're people".

b)

"Oh mummy!"

c)

"Fire and blood and anguish"

7.

Why did Sheila get Eva sacked?

a)

She was upset that Eva was sleeping with Gerald

b)

She was jeleous because Eva looked prettier than her.

c)

She was irritated that Eva had led a strike at her father's factory.

8.

How do we know that Sheila is perceptive?

a)

She picks up that her brother is 'squiffy' or drunk at the beginning.

b)

She realises before the other characters that Eric is responsible for Eva's pregnancy

c)

She figures out that Gerald was seeing Daisy Renton because of his reaction when he hears her name.

9.

What does the Inspector say about Sheila's generation?

a)

He says they're 'more impressionable'.

b)

He says they are more capitalist than their parents

c)

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

10.

As the play goes on...

a)

Sheila takes on the inspector's role, asking questions to find out the truth.

b)

Sheila takes on the Inspector's role, by speaking socialist ideas.

c)

Sheila becomes more capitalist

d)

Sheila falls out with Eric

11.

what did shiela do to eva smith

a)

get her fired

b)

get her a birthday cake

c)

hug her

d)

psh her off a bridge

12.

who is the best character

a)

edna

b)

edna

c)

Edna

d)

eand

13.

who got eva pregenant

a)

eric

b)

shiela

c)

mr birling

d)

inspector goole

14.

is inspector real

a)

no

b)

no

c)

no

d)

no

15.

who swapped there name to daisy renten

a)

eva smith

b)

shiela birling

c)

mrs birling

d)

edna

16.

who gets drunk

a)

eric

b)

mr birling

c)

shiela smith

d)

gerald

17.

who was getting married

a)

shiela birling

b)

inspector goole

c)

J.B Priestly

d)

mr birling

18.

what was the inspectors plan

a)

get them to confess

b)

get them to call police

c)

forget

d)

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19.

who write the play

a)

J.b prestally

b)

mr birling

c)

J.B Priestly

d)

how cares

20.

was the play good

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Mabye

d)

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