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An Inspector Calls Test Questions With Correct Answers 1. When is the play set? - answersThe play is set in the evening in spring of 1912. 8. How is Mrs Birling described? - answersMrs. 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? - answersThey 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...

An Inspector Calls Quotes Exam Questions And Answers "Sinkable, absolutely unsinkable" ("I say there isn't a chance of war") - answers-An ignorant prediction by Mr Birling about the Titanic. -The repetition and intensifier in this declarative sentence highlight his confidence in his prediction. This makes him seem more ignorant, naive and arrogant. Dramatic irony. "Crofts and Birlings (...) are working together - for lower costs and higher prices." - answers-Mr Birl...

An Inspector Calls -Deep Analysis Exam Questions And Answers How is the inspector's demeanour? - answersHe arrives at a critical time - to interrupt Mr Birling and his selfish views: 'a man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own - and - We hear the sharp ring of a front doorbell.' The Inspector's role is to show that this is not the case. He is described in the stage directions as giving 'an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness'. H...

An Inspector Calls Revision Questions With Answers Who was the father of Eva's unborn child? - answersEric Where did Gerald meet Daisy Renton? - answersthe Palace Bar Name Mr Birling's company. - answersBirling and Co How many characters appear on stage in the play AIC? - answersSix (Eva does not appear but is referred to) Name an object in the Birling's house. - answersport, decanter, telephone, light When was the play AIC written? - answers1936 Finsish this: 'P...

An Inspector Calls- Essays Exam Questions And Answers How does Priestley use the Inspector to voice his message on Social Responsibility? - answersIndeed, it may be said that An Inspector Calls is a play more centered on themes and ideas than one driven by plot. Hence, Priestley uses a number of devices throughout the text to convey his ideas about social responsibility - juxtaposition being perhaps one of the more significant strategies employed by Priestley to highlight his ideas about the ...

An Inspector Calls: Act 2 Exam Questions With Correct Answers Who was harassing Eva/Daisy in the Palace Bar? - answersAlderman Maggarty was bothering her and Gerald came to her rescue. What phrase is later used to describe him, much to the disgust of Mr and Mrs Birling? - answersHe is described as half drunk and goggle eyed, had wedged her into a corner with that obscene fat carcass of his. Who expresses very definite views as to who is 'entirely responsible' for Eva's death? -...

An Inspector Calls - Social Class Quotes Exam Questions With Answers Perhaps I ought to warn you that he’s an old friend of mine - answers- Mr B bullies the Inspector through his status and authority in society, - He believed he was more important than an Inspector Girls of that class - answers- Mrs B thinks she is socially super - Emphasis on 'that' shows her disgust of the working class If you don't come down hard on these people they'll soon be asking for the world - ...

An Inspector Calls - Paragraph Plans Exam Questions And Answers Mr Birling (Paragraph 1) - answersStarts as ignorant and foolish - "I'm talking as a hard-headed practical man of business. And I say there isn't a chance of war." - Refers himself by his professional status rather than emotional, shows his priorities - dramatic irony shows ignorance and arrogance, could be in denial as war could affect his business - self-importance - "The Titanic is unsinkable, absolutely un...

10 Key Quotes from An Inspector Calls Exam Questions And Answers "You're squiffy" - Sheila to Eric (Act 1) - answers-Shows brother sister relationship. -Shows Eric drinks too much Mr Birling: "I speak as a hard headed business man" (Act 1) - answers-Shows his pride in his hard earned success. -Hard hearted Mr Birling: "Unsinkable, completely unsinkable" (Act 1) - answers-Dramatic Irony. (Titanic would sink) -Titatnic is a metaphor for the family. "We real...

Form & Structure - An Inspector Calls Exam Questions And Answers Why is 'An Inspector Calls' a Play? - answers1. The audience is held captive and cannot gain respite from the interrogation. This fulfils Priestley's objective of forcing the audience to reflect on themselves as they gain that same intensity that the characters on stage feel 2. Priestley wrote 'Theatre Outlook' shortly after An Inspector Calls in which he declares that "you on your side cannot fully enjoy wh...