Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Goole. G- double O-L-E - CORRECT ANSWER - INSPECTOR
Supernatural.
Sounds like 'ghoul' or ghost - is the inspector a spectre?
We'll have to share our guilt - CORRECT ANSWER - INSPECTOR
Law - Morality - Guilt - Responsibility
Inspector tells everyone they are guilty in some way - even if it's just not thinking about Eva /
Daisy.
Public men have responsibilities as well as privileges - CORRECT ANSWER -
INSPECTOR
Responsibility
Inspector tells Mr Birling that he can't just take. He tells him that he has to take care of people,
not just himself and his family.
I haven't much time - CORRECT ANSWER - INSPECTOR
Time
Does the Inspector control time? Has he come back from the future?
Fire and blood and anguish - CORRECT ANSWER - INSPECTOR
Revolution - Fairness - Responsibility
A warning about World War 1 and 2. The audience know that wars are coming.
He is also warning everyone that poor people will suffer more and more unless we treat everyone
fairly.
*THE MOST IMPORTANT QUOTE - USE IT IN ALL ESSAYS*
, There are millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes
and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives. - CORRECT
ANSWER - INSPECTOR
Fairness - Responsibility
Eva may have dies but she is just an example of all the people who have no rights, no power. The
Inspector tells us we must look after everyone, not just our family and friends.
We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. - CORRECT ANSWER -
INSPECTOR
Responsibility
The Inspector tells us we must look after everyone, not just our family and friends.
I speak as a hard-headed businessman - CORRECT ANSWER - MR BIRLING
Money - Power - Materialistic (cares about things not people / passions)
Mr Birling believes his advice and opinion should be taken on everything because he owns a
business. He is very proud to be a capitalist (money maker) and wealthy.
The Titanic... unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable - CORRECT ANSWER - MR BIRLING
Lack of awareness
Priestley shows the audience how wrong Mr Birling is. If he's wrong about The Titanic, he's
wrong about everything else (like looking after only yourself, Socialism and taking care of
poorer people).
Girls of that class... - CORRECT ANSWER - MR BIRLING
Class
Mr B shows that he thinks less of working class people, and that he is above them. He thinks
"they" behave differently (and worse) than those of his class.
I'd give thousands - CORRECT ANSWER - MR BIRLING
Money - Regret - Responsibility