An Inspector Calls - Act 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
"you seem to have made a great impression on this child" - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 -
Gerald interrogated - Mrs Birling, Mrs Birling still views Shelia as being a child although she is
23 years old.
"no, of course not. He's only a boy." - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 - Gerald interrogated -
Mrs. Birling - regarding Eric's drinking habits Mrs. Birling is unaware and hasn't been pay any
attention to her children showing the lack of family connection between them. She also refers to
Eric being a "boy" although he is actually a "young man" as the inspector reminds her.
"I've been trying to persuade Eric to go to bed," - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 - Gerald
interrogated - Mr. Birling - Mr. Birling is treating Eric as a child although he is an adult.
"I hate those hard-eyed dough faced women. But then I noticed a girl who looked quite different.
She was very pretty - soft brown hair and big dark eyes." - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 -
Gerald interrogated - Gerald - "hate is very emphatic - conveying hatred. By "those" he is
referring to the entire lower class he's saying that all of the lower classes are ugly. "I noticed"
Gerald is looking at the girls, he judges them by their appearance. "dough faced women" the
women have full pasty faces suggesting that they lead uninteresting lives. "hard eyed" - they are
jaded and cynical, they are aware of the world. "very pretty" he judges her by appearance
showing how Gerald is shallow.
"she looked young and fresh and charming" - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 - Gerald
interrogated -Gerald - "fresh" connotations of innoncence and virginity giving the idea of food
and fresh meat. Implies that Gerald wants these qualities in a woman and that Shelia doesn't have
these qualities or he doesn't notice them.
"behaving like a hysterical child" - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 - Mrs. Birling
interrogated - Mrs. Birling - she treats Eric and Shelia like a baby and molly coddles them. She
views Shelia as a child and unable to make her own decisions.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
"you seem to have made a great impression on this child" - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 -
Gerald interrogated - Mrs Birling, Mrs Birling still views Shelia as being a child although she is
23 years old.
"no, of course not. He's only a boy." - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 - Gerald interrogated -
Mrs. Birling - regarding Eric's drinking habits Mrs. Birling is unaware and hasn't been pay any
attention to her children showing the lack of family connection between them. She also refers to
Eric being a "boy" although he is actually a "young man" as the inspector reminds her.
"I've been trying to persuade Eric to go to bed," - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 - Gerald
interrogated - Mr. Birling - Mr. Birling is treating Eric as a child although he is an adult.
"I hate those hard-eyed dough faced women. But then I noticed a girl who looked quite different.
She was very pretty - soft brown hair and big dark eyes." - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 -
Gerald interrogated - Gerald - "hate is very emphatic - conveying hatred. By "those" he is
referring to the entire lower class he's saying that all of the lower classes are ugly. "I noticed"
Gerald is looking at the girls, he judges them by their appearance. "dough faced women" the
women have full pasty faces suggesting that they lead uninteresting lives. "hard eyed" - they are
jaded and cynical, they are aware of the world. "very pretty" he judges her by appearance
showing how Gerald is shallow.
"she looked young and fresh and charming" - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 - Gerald
interrogated -Gerald - "fresh" connotations of innoncence and virginity giving the idea of food
and fresh meat. Implies that Gerald wants these qualities in a woman and that Shelia doesn't have
these qualities or he doesn't notice them.
"behaving like a hysterical child" - CORRECT ANSWER - Act 2 - Mrs. Birling
interrogated - Mrs. Birling - she treats Eric and Shelia like a baby and molly coddles them. She
views Shelia as a child and unable to make her own decisions.
