WorksheetsAn Inspector Calls Revise Everything
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 39mins
Described as a 'cold woman' in the stage directions.
Sheila
Eva
Sybil
Edna
The father of Eva Smith's baby
Gerald
Arthur
The Inspector
Eric
Accused of being 'jealous' of Eva Smith (by the Inspector).
Sheila
Eric
Sybil
Edna
What are the family celebrating?
Engagement
Knighthood
A business deal
Friend sailing on the Titanic
Who says it is one of the 'happiest' nights of their life?
Sheila
Gerald
Mrs Birling
Mr Birling
True or false: Eva Smith was a good worker
True
False
Where is 'An Inspector Calls' Set?
Bradford
Brumley
Birling
Bramley
What was JB Priestley's political belief?
Capitalism
Socialism
Consumerism
Minimalism
What colour is the lighting at the start of the play?
Bright and Hard
Light and Gentle
Pink and Intimate
Pink and Intimidating
What is the name of the technique Priestley uses when Birling says that the Titanic is "unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable".
Metaphor
Rhetorical Question
Pathetic Fallacy
Dramatic Irony
When was the play set?
1914
1945
1912
1932
When was the play written?
1932
1912
1948
1945
True or false: JB Priestley was born into a working class family.
True
False
Mr Birling is a...
Socialist
Communist
Capitalist
None of the above
How does Priestley indicate Sheila's potential for change?
"Except for all last summer, when you never came near me..."
"Mummy"
"You're squiffy"
"These girls aren't cheap labour - they're people"
Why is it important that Birling's monologue is interrupted by the 'sharp' ring of the doorbell as the inspector arrives?
It indicates that socialism will interrupt capitalism
Birling was saying powerful things that would align with the audience
It shows Mr Birling is not in control
It shows us that Eric is guilty
Which word from "She had a lot to say - too much" indicates that Birling thinks women should not have as much say in society?
too
she
much
say
How does Priestley insinuate that individualists are out of touch with world politics?
"Unskinable, absolutely unsinkable" dramatic irony about The Titanic
"I don't want to lecture..." verbal irony because monologue begins
"The German's don't want war" dramatic irony (x2 World Wars)
"Hard-headed man of business" repetition of phrase
What did the suffragettes fight for?
Equal rights
Abortion rights
The vote
Sexual assault laws
Which word in "I was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty" is a euphemism for being drunk?
'state'
'chap'
'easily'
'nasty'
What is significant about Edna's name?
It sounds like Eve from the biblical story
Reshuffled it spells Dean
It was a common name for 1912
It is similar to Eva
What is Mrs Birling's role in the women's charity?
Head/ leader
Prominent committee member
Lead funder
Secretary
Which word in this dialogue hints that Mrs Birling is prejudiced in her role as a member of a charity committee?
"We've done a great deal of useful work in helping deserving cases"
useful
helping
deserving
cases
Bourgeoisie
middle class, usually linked to materialistic values
Ruling class
Working class
person who despises, dislikes or is prejudiced against women
Collectivist
Believes in collecting all the money they can
Charitable
believes in the practice of giving group priority over the individual
Middle class performative activism
Conscience
Little devil on your shoulder
person’s moral sense of right and wrong
Malevolent
Under appreciating the good in people
Conservative
averse to change or innovation
Brexit
Save your strength
Answer to no one
The inspectors speech where he mentions "fire and blood and anguish" has links to which contextual concepts?
Disloyalty
Hell
Loss of power
War
Which characters have benefitted from nepotism?
Eva
Gerald
Eric
Mr Birling
What is Ouspensky's theory of eternal recurrence?
Time is linear (in a line)
There are multiple parallel timelines at once
Time branches
Time is on a spiral, repeating
Which of Aristotle's Unities is used in the play:
All the action takes place in the dining room.
Unity of Action
Unity of Time
Unity of Place
Unity of Space
Why does Priestley adopt Aristotle's Unities when other playwrights have actively moved away from them?
Focuses the attention on the central message & allows the audience to experience it as if it were real
It helps less intelligent audience members follow the plot
The play's budget was low - too many props with additional places and story lines
It elevates the evil of capitalism and Eva's pain.
Priestley thinks it is the second inspector that is more important.
True
False
What quote highlights to Eric and the Birling's that the inspector is displeased with the way Eva was treated by Eric?
"There are millions and millions of Eva Smiths"
"I don't play golf"
"You treated her as if she were an animal, a thing, not even a person"
"Public men and responsibilities as well as privileges"
Each act ends with...
A simile
A juxtaposition
An example of foreshadowing
A cliffhanger
What is the motif of disinfectant supposed to symbolise?
Eva trying to cleanse herself of the Birling's poor behaviour
Eva seeing herself as dirty or scum due to her class
Eva trying to cleanse herself of the sexual exploitation
Eva not knowing how to deal with her pregnancy
What technique is used to describe the palace bar in the quote "favourite haunt for women of the town"
Simile
Juxtaposition
Semantic field
Euphemism
Why does the inspector use graphic imagery to describe Eva's death: "Burnt her insides out"
To be controversial
To acknowledge her suffering
To be funny
To report it accurately
What do Mr Birling and Gerald refer to the suicide as?
Horrible mess
Suicide
Nonsense
Business
Which of these are important themes in the play?
Social responsibility
War
Gender
Predatory behaviours
In which act is Eric questioned?
1
2
3
4
What does the Inspector say about Sheila's generation?
He says they're 'more impressionable'.
He says they are more capitalist than their parents
He says they're lazy and always on their phones.
Priestley uses Sheila as a vehicle to represent....
Materialism
The changing role of women,
How the younger generation can become more socialist.
Capitalism
Fill in the blank, " we're respectable ____________ and not criminals"
citizens
people
businessmen
family
Fill in the blank, "Because I was in a furious _____________."
mood
feeling
attitude
temper
Who introduces the Inspector?
Edna
Mr Birling
No one
Mrs Birling
Fill in the blank, "Rubbish! If you don't come down sharply on some of these people, they'd soon be asking for the ________."
moon
world
raise
earth
Portentous
pompous in manner so to impress
uncultured
Emotionless
To present a fake personality for attention
dynamic
changing
Happiness
failure to move
Exciting viewing
Aristocracy
King and queen
Working classes
Upper middle classes
Highest class: nobles and hereditary titles
Hierarchy
education
Divine right of kings
To be favoured
Power ranking in society
Privilege
Wealth beyond measure
To have an advantage over others
Judgemental
False in nature
Superficial
To speak in half truths to avoid lies
Uncivilised in mannerisms
appearing to be true or real until closely examined (surface)
To have a disguised drinking problem
Patriarchy
society or community where men are dominant
To favour women in positions of power
A father's responsibility to their children
Absence of male guidance
Omniscient
All knowing
All seeing
All doing
All hearing
Misogynist
Person who has strong prejudice against the working classes
A type of feudal system that favours the gentry
person who despises, dislikes or is prejudiced against women
Middle class guilt
Challenge: why did Priestley choose to make this story use elements of the murder mystery genre?
It was his favourite genre
It was popular at the time and he wanted a wide audience
It was the only way it would be published
It was an accident
Who is the only member of the family who has committed a crime?
Eric
Mr Birling
Mrs Birling
Sheila
Who is the first to wonder whether the Inspector is really a police officer?
Eric
Sheila
Mr Birling
Mrs Birling
Mr and Mrs Birling represent the older generation because...
They are traditionalist and fail to change their ways
They fail to change because they are progressive
They're traditionalists and learn their lesson
They are less intelligent
An Inspector Calls is a morality play meaning the characters represent the seven deadly sins, which of these apply to Mr Birling?
Pride
Sloth
Greed
Lust
Which of the seven deadly sins does Sheila represent?
Greed
Gluttony
Envy
Wrath
What name does Gerald know Eva as?
Daisy Smith
Daisy Renton
Eva Renton
Felicity Cook
What class does Eva Smith belong to by the time she meets Eric and Gerald?
Working Poor
Lower Class
Middle Class
Underclass
What is The Establishment
An elite group within the upper class who hold power
The bourgeoisie
The upper middle class
The upper class men
What is the inspector's narrative function
To command the Birling's
To be the voice of Priestley
To force change in the older generation
To ask questions no one else will
