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An Inspector Calls Test Questions With Correct
Answers
1. When is the play set? - answers✔✔The play is set in the evening in spring of 1912.
8. How is Mrs Birling described? - answers✔✔Mrs. Birling is described as a fifty-year-old woman,
who is rather cold and is her husband's social superior.
9. What are they celebrating? - answers✔✔They are celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling
and Gerald Croft. It is an engagement party.
11. What type of businessman does Mr Birling think he is? - answers✔✔Mr Birling thinks he's a hard-
headed businessman.
12. What does Sheila's engagement to Gerald mean to Arthur? - answers✔✔Sheila's engagement to
Gerald means to Arthur means that since Crofts Limited and Birling and Company have been rivals
for so long, that can finally end, for Sheila and Gerald are getting engaged, their businesses are
getting merged. It means it is a business deal more than a marriage.
13. Name 2 major events that Birling predicts incorrectly in his long speech. - answers✔✔Birling
incorrectly predicts the Titanic not sinking and World War 2.
(they both happened)
17. Where does Eva get a job afterwards? - answers✔✔after being fired by Mr. Birlng she then
managed to find work at Milwards.
18. How does Eva die? (be specific!) - answers✔✔Eva committed suicide by drinking some strong
disinfectant (lye) and was rushed to the infirmary but they were too late to save her. She died in
agony.
3. Who expresses very definite views as to who is 'entirely responsible' for Eva's death? -
answers✔✔Mrs. Birling expresses definite views about who she believes is responsible and shows
that she thinks he should be punished, without realizing that it is her son. She says the father should
11/11/2024 10:27AM
An Inspector Calls Test Questions With Correct
Answers
1. When is the play set? - answers✔✔The play is set in the evening in spring of 1912.
8. How is Mrs Birling described? - answers✔✔Mrs. Birling is described as a fifty-year-old woman,
who is rather cold and is her husband's social superior.
9. What are they celebrating? - answers✔✔They are celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling
and Gerald Croft. It is an engagement party.
11. What type of businessman does Mr Birling think he is? - answers✔✔Mr Birling thinks he's a hard-
headed businessman.
12. What does Sheila's engagement to Gerald mean to Arthur? - answers✔✔Sheila's engagement to
Gerald means to Arthur means that since Crofts Limited and Birling and Company have been rivals
for so long, that can finally end, for Sheila and Gerald are getting engaged, their businesses are
getting merged. It means it is a business deal more than a marriage.
13. Name 2 major events that Birling predicts incorrectly in his long speech. - answers✔✔Birling
incorrectly predicts the Titanic not sinking and World War 2.
(they both happened)
17. Where does Eva get a job afterwards? - answers✔✔after being fired by Mr. Birlng she then
managed to find work at Milwards.
18. How does Eva die? (be specific!) - answers✔✔Eva committed suicide by drinking some strong
disinfectant (lye) and was rushed to the infirmary but they were too late to save her. She died in
agony.
3. Who expresses very definite views as to who is 'entirely responsible' for Eva's death? -
answers✔✔Mrs. Birling expresses definite views about who she believes is responsible and shows
that she thinks he should be punished, without realizing that it is her son. She says the father should
