An Inspector Calls Exam Questions
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An Inspector Calls - ✔✔J.B. Priestley
You are marked on context for your AIC exam - ✔✔FALSE - DO NOT WRITE ABOUT
CONTEXT
What is the format of the AIC exam? - ✔✔You are given an extract from the play. The
question expects you to refer to the play as a whole, as well as the extract.
An Inspector Calls Themes - ✔✔Social Responsibility
Class
Age
Gender
Socialism vs Capitalism
How is Sheila described at the start of the play? - ✔✔[a pretty girl in her early twenties,
very pleased with life and rather excited]
What metaphor does Sheila use to describe the Inspector's methods for getting the
Birlings to see the error of their ways? - ✔✔•''He's giving us the rope- so that we'll hang
ourselves.'
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, What does Sheila say to admit the social responsibility of the Birlings? - ✔✔'Between us
we drove that girl to commit suicide.'
How is Eric described at the start of the play? - ✔✔Not quite at ease - half shy, half
assertive.
What technique is used in 'Half-shy, half-assertive' and what does it suggest about
Eric's character? - ✔✔Oxymoron - suggests that Eric is an unpredictable character
Which quote from Mrs Birling drives a wedge between herself and Eric? - ✔✔'I blame
the young man who was the father of the child she was going to have'
What quote uses fractured ways of speaking to highlight Eric's anger at his parents for
Eva/Daisy's death? - ✔✔You killed her - and the child she'd have had too - my child -
your own grandchild - you killed them both - damn you, damn you -
What is stagecraft? - ✔✔The various components that make up the set of the play
including stage directions (costume/lighting/props/entries and exits etc)
What three adjectives describe the Inspector upon his arrival at the birlings? - ✔✔The
inspector need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of massiveness,
solidity and purposefulness.
What is the Inspector's name and why is it important? - ✔✔Goole - Rhymes with ghoul
and suggests he is not real.
Why is the Inspector an omniscient character? - ✔✔He knows about everything despite
not being there
What is the Inspector's role as the catalyst? - ✔✔His entrance brings disruption to the
Birling's lives and he sets off the rising action within the play.
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An Inspector Calls - ✔✔J.B. Priestley
You are marked on context for your AIC exam - ✔✔FALSE - DO NOT WRITE ABOUT
CONTEXT
What is the format of the AIC exam? - ✔✔You are given an extract from the play. The
question expects you to refer to the play as a whole, as well as the extract.
An Inspector Calls Themes - ✔✔Social Responsibility
Class
Age
Gender
Socialism vs Capitalism
How is Sheila described at the start of the play? - ✔✔[a pretty girl in her early twenties,
very pleased with life and rather excited]
What metaphor does Sheila use to describe the Inspector's methods for getting the
Birlings to see the error of their ways? - ✔✔•''He's giving us the rope- so that we'll hang
ourselves.'
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, What does Sheila say to admit the social responsibility of the Birlings? - ✔✔'Between us
we drove that girl to commit suicide.'
How is Eric described at the start of the play? - ✔✔Not quite at ease - half shy, half
assertive.
What technique is used in 'Half-shy, half-assertive' and what does it suggest about
Eric's character? - ✔✔Oxymoron - suggests that Eric is an unpredictable character
Which quote from Mrs Birling drives a wedge between herself and Eric? - ✔✔'I blame
the young man who was the father of the child she was going to have'
What quote uses fractured ways of speaking to highlight Eric's anger at his parents for
Eva/Daisy's death? - ✔✔You killed her - and the child she'd have had too - my child -
your own grandchild - you killed them both - damn you, damn you -
What is stagecraft? - ✔✔The various components that make up the set of the play
including stage directions (costume/lighting/props/entries and exits etc)
What three adjectives describe the Inspector upon his arrival at the birlings? - ✔✔The
inspector need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of massiveness,
solidity and purposefulness.
What is the Inspector's name and why is it important? - ✔✔Goole - Rhymes with ghoul
and suggests he is not real.
Why is the Inspector an omniscient character? - ✔✔He knows about everything despite
not being there
What is the Inspector's role as the catalyst? - ✔✔His entrance brings disruption to the
Birling's lives and he sets off the rising action within the play.
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