ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
A man has to mind his own business and look after his own - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr
Birling patriarchy selfish capitalism, monsyllables - reflect how litle he has thought about what
he is saying and the effects of this attitude.
It's my duty to keep labour costs down - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr Birling capitalism -
money over dead woman
But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people - CORRECT ANSWER - Sheila social
responsibility younger generation challenge father
It's better to ask for the earth than to take it - CORRECT ANSWER - Inspector, take
implies Mr B stealing from his workers
'We are members of one body.' - CORRECT ANSWER - Inspector inclusive pronouns
religious?
Fire and blood and anguish - CORRECT ANSWER - Inspector destruction of society will
be taught lesson through war
'Germans don't want war.' titanic won't sink - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr Birling dramatic
irony upper class are out of touch
the doorbell rings - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr Birlings ideology interuptted by the
inspector with hsi ideas on social responsibility, equality, class etc, Inspector is OMNISCIENT -
goole = supernatural.
, I didn't install her there so that I could make love to her - CORRECT ANSWER - Gerald
excuses himself no responsibility uses his patriarchy class
You couldn't have done anything else - CORRECT ANSWER - Gerald agrees with Mr B
about sacking Eva for asking for a pay rise
"All right. I knew her. Let's leave it at that." - CORRECT ANSWER - Gerald admits he
lied about knowing Daisy/Eva There are many more lies, he's a younger Mr B
'a pretty girl in her early 20s, very pleased with life and rather excited' - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sheila, stage directions, start of play she is childish, naïve, spoilt
Fire and blood and anguish - CORRECT ANSWER - inspector and SHEILA - teaching her
family about social responsibility. Omnicscient inspecptor - he knows all in contrast to Mr B
'unsinkable'
'It frightens me the way you talk.' - CORRECT ANSWER - Sheila, end of play, stands up
to and teaches her family about socialism
'all mixed up together like bees in a hive' - CORRECT ANSWER - Mr Birling means it as
an insult, but bees in a hive work together for common good - like socialism
Fairy Prince. You must have adored it, Gerald - CORRECT ANSWER - Sheila to upper
class Gerald, metaphor he pretends he wanted to help but.he had all the power/money and used it
to get what he wanted from Eva. Sheila sees through his actions.
'everything is alright now Sheila, what about this ring?' - CORRECT ANSWER - Gerald
made a call to make sure the Inspector wasn't real.
'Firstly I blame the women- secondly I blame the father' - CORRECT ANSWER - Mrs B,
dramatic Irony, contradictory, judgmental,