Aic Quotes Combined Set Exam Questions With Correct Detaied Answers

AIC QUOTES COMBINED SET EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAIED ANSWERS "And you think young women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things?" - Answer-Shows how the inspectors views differ from the Gerald's: He believes that Shiela has a right to be involved in this conversation and not shielded away because it's too "unpleasant" for a woman to hear. "You mustn't try to build a wall up between us and that girl" - Answer-Sheila understands more than her parents that everyone is the same, class doesn't play a part in this situation because everyone is equally involved. "No, of course not. He's only a boy" - Answer-Highlights how naive and stubborn Mrs Birling is. She addresses her grown son as a "boy" and claims that he doesn't drink, but later we find out that he drinks a lot. "And surely you don't mean Alderman Meggarty?" - Answer-Again demonstrating Mrs Birling's naiveness: she is shocked to hear that Meggarty is a "notorious womaniser" even though everyone else is aware already. "Your daughter isn't living on the moon. She's here in Brumley too" - Answer-Shows the Inspectors frustration with how Sheila is being treated by her family. "You mean you don't choose to do, Mrs Birling" - Answer-The Inspector is very aware of the games the Birlings are playing. He has a sense that Mrs B recognises the picture of the girl, and he knows her involvement in Eva's death, so when she tries to act dumb and pretend she doesn't understand him he puts her in her place. "She was here alone, friendless, almost penniless, desperate" - Answer-Repetion of a saddening semantic field helps shift the mood and make the audience and the Birling's really think about Eva's life. "If you'd had any sense of loyalty" - Answer-Mr Birling can't understands why Sheila is taking the Inspectors side, and thinks she needs to be loyal to the family. This shows that the capitalist society believe in family over truth: they think that even though what they've done is wrong, Sheila should go against her views and defend her family. "about 50 pounds all told" - Answer-£50 in 1912 is the equivalent of £5000 in 2018 "there'll be a public scandal" - Answer-After everything thats happened, Mr Birling still only cares about his reputation. "Very pleased with life and rather excited" - Answer-Sheila is described this way at the start of the play, which is contrasted massively at the end of the play. Shows the effect the Inspector has on the younger generation. "Tell cook from me" - Answer-Birling doesn't tell the cook himself, he gets someone else to do it. Shows the entitled views of the capitalist society. "(half serious, half playful)" - Answer-As Sheila speaks to Gerald, she is slightly annoyed and protests that he "didn't come near (her) all summer", but uses a "half playful" tone to not give away her true feelings and play it off as a joke. "We'll drink their health and have done with it" - Answer-Shows Eric's views on traditional things like speeches and family gatherings. Emphasises the changing attitudes through the generations. "After all I don't often make speeches at you" - Answer-Shows the misogynistic views of the Billings. Sheila doesn't have speeches made at her because she is a girl and isn't involved in family affairs. "Just because the miners came out on strike" - Answer-The miner's strike wasn't a big deal to Birling as he wasn't affected by it, but nearly one million coal miners went on strike to try and get minimum wage, something Arthur doesn't have to worry about. "We can't let these Bernard Shaws and HG Wellses do all the talking" - Answer-They are socialists like priestly, and Birling doesn't agree with their thinking. "Lady Croft-while she doesn't object to my girl- feels you might've done better for yourself socially" - Answer-Lady Croft doesn't like Sheila because the Birling's are not as rich as the Crofts, and she thinks Gerald could be with someone richer. This emphasises the materialistic views of the capitalist society, as Lady Croft doesn't see Gerald marrying Sheila for love but for money instead. "Women are potty about 'em!" - Answer-Eric refers to Sheila and Sybil as mad about clothes, showing the misogynistic views again. "A man has to make his own way- has to look after himself- and his family too" - Answer-Mr Birling is an individualist, and believes that men are in charge and are the only ones that can support the family. "Unless Eric's been up to something" - Answer-Gerald makes a joke about Eric's young ways, but it also foreshadows Eric's fate further into the story. "I was an alderman for a year- and Lord Mayor two years ago" - Answer-Mr Birling is trying to show off to the inspector, but also wants to intimidate him and show who is in charge. "The son of Sir Gerald Croft" - Answer-Birling is name dropping, again to intimidate and show his importance. (somewhat impatiently) - Answer-Birling doesn't like that the Inspector is taking charge of the situation, and feels threatened by his power. "if they didn't like those rates they could go and work somewhere else" - Answer-Shows Birling doesn't understand the struggle that finding and keeping work can be for lower class citizens. "It's better to ask for the Earth than to take it" - Answer-Makes Birling look bad as he punished Eva for politely asking for an increase in wages.