Inspector calls flashcards

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How was Mr Arthur Birling involved in Eva's suicide?
He had her sacked from Birling & co
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How was Sheila Birling involved in Eva's suicide?
She persuaded the manager of Milwards to fire her
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How was Gerald Croft involved in Eva's suicide?
He had an affair with her and broke it off months later
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How was Eric Birling involved in Eva's suicide?
He got her pregnant
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How was Mrs Sybil Birling involved in Eva's suicide?
She turned down her application for help
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When was 'An Inspector Calls' set?
1912
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When was 'An Inspector Calls' written?
1944/1945
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When was 'An Inspector Calls' produced in London for the first time?
1946
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Give two examples of dramatic irony in Mr Birlings speech
"The world's developing so fast that it'll make war impossible" "The Titanic…unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable"
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Why does the possibility of a scandal horrify Mr Birling?
because his main concurs are about money and what people think of him
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Who is described at the start as a "heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech"
Mr Arthur Birling
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Who has worked his way up in the world and is proud of his achievements
Mr Arthur Birling
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Who boasts about having been Mayor?
Mr Arthur Birling
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Who tries (and fails) to impress the Inspector with his local standing and his influential friends?
Mr Arthur Birling
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Who said to Gerald "it's exactly the same port as your farther gets" and why did they say it?
Mr Arthur Birling said it because he wanted to show off to Gerald as he knows he is his social superior
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Who is proud that he is likely to be knighted and why is he proud?
Mr Arthur Birling is proud because he knows that a knighthood would move him higher in social circles
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Who is optimistic for the future and confident that there will not be a war?
Mr Arthur Birling
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What are Mr Birling's beliefs about socialist ideas that stress the importance of community?
He believes they are 'nonsense' and that 'a man has to make his own way'
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Who was described at the start as "about fifty, a rather cold woman and her husbands social superior "
Mrs Sybil Birling
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Who said "As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!" ?
Mrs Sybil Birling
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Who said "I used my influence to have it refused"?
Mrs Sybil Birling
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Who suggested that a working class girl would not refuse money even if it was stolen and claimed that Eva "was giving herself ridiculous airs"
Mrs Sybil Birling
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Which characters have not changed by the end of the play and have gained no sense of social responsibility?
Mrs Birling, Mr Birling & Gerald
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Which characters gain a sense of social responsibility?
Eric & Sheila
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Who is described at the start as "a pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited"?
Sheila Birling
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What could suggest that Sheila is not as naive and shallow as she first appeared?
she said "last summer, when you never came near me" suggesting even though she was playful at the beginning, she still had suspicions.
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Who said "but these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people"?
Sheila Birling
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Who said "he's giving us the rope - so that we'll hang ourselves"?
Sheila Birling
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Who is angry at Mr &Mrs Birling for trying to "pretend that nothing much has happened"?
Sheila Birling
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Who is described at the start at "in his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive"?
Eric Birling
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The first mention of Eric in the script is when he "suddenly guffaws" but he cannot explain why. What does this say about him?
It makes him seem embarrassed and awkward and shows he may be nervous about something,
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Who supports Sheila after hearing that Mr Birling sacked Eva Smith?
Eric - "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages?"
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which quote suggests Eric feels guilt and frustration with himself over his relationship with Eva?
"Oh - my God! - how stupid it all is!"
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Who was appalled by Mr and Mrs Birling's inability to admit to their own responsibility and says "I'm ashamed of you"
Eric Birling
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Who said "we did her in all right"
Eric Birling
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Who is described as "An attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred man about town"?
Gerald Croft
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Who arranged for Eva Smith to live in his friends flat claiming it was "because I was sorry for her"?
Gerald Croft
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Who described Eva as "young and pretty and warm-hearted and intensely grateful"
Gerald Croft
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Who came up with as much evidence as possible to get himself off the hook for Eva's suicide?
Gerald Croft
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Who is deserved as creating "an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness"?
Inspector Goole
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Who is described as "a man in his fifties, dressed in a plain darkish suit"?
Inspector Goole
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what message does the inspector leave the family with?
"We are responsible for each other" "If men will not learn that lesson then they will be taiga it in fire and blood and anguish"
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She persuaded the manager of Milwards to fire her

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How was Sheila Birling involved in Eva's suicide?

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He had an affair with her and broke it off months later

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He got her pregnant

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She turned down her application for help

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