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Who wrote An Inspector Calls? - J.B. Priestley, What year was An Inspector Calls first written? - 1945, What is the name of the historical era the play is set in? - Edwardian, In what year is An Inspector Calls set? - 1912, During the time of play’s setting, what was of great importance in society? - Social class / place in society, During the late 19th and early 20th century, which group campaigned for the right for women to vote? - The Suffragettes, Which three significant historical events occurred between the time the play was set and the time it was written? - "1. Titanic sinking 2. World War I 3. World War II", How would you describe the political beliefs of J.B. Priestley? - He was a socialist, Which organisation was founded in 1948? - The National Health Service or NHS, What role did the writer of An Inspector Calls play in World War I? - He was a soldier on the front line, What are the Birling family celebrating at the beginning of Act 1? - The engagement of Sheila and Gerald, How do the stage directions at the beginning of Act I differentiate between Arthur and Sybil Birling? - She is his "social superior", How does Birling describe himself at the beginning of Act I? (Bonus: Use a quotation) - ‘A hard headed man of business’, In his speech in Act 1, what does Birling say employers are ‘coming together’ for? - ‘The interests of Capital’, What major world event does Birling dismiss as ‘nonsense’ in his speech in Act I? - War / the chance of war, How does Birling describe the Titanic in his speech in Act 1? (Bonus: Use a quotation) - ‘unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’, What is the name of the theatrical device where an audiences knows something that characters don’t? - Dramatic irony, What three words could we use to describe Birling’s speech in Act 1? - Arrogant / Naïve / Ironic, What are the names of the two writers Birling dismisses in his opening speech in Act I? Why? - H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw – they’re socialists, According to Birling in his speech in Act I, what does a man have to ‘mind’ and ‘look after’? - ‘mind his own business and look after himself and his own’, What is the name of the Inspector that interrupts Birling’s speech in Act 1 of the play? - Goole, How does Birling show off in front of the Inspector when they first meet? - He tells him he was "an alderman", that he "was Lord Mayor" and "still on the bench.", How does the Inspector say Eva Smith died? - She swallowed disinfectant, What evidence does the Inspector say he has that began his investigations? - A letter and "a ‘sort of’ diary", What does the Inspector do to remind Birling of who Eva Smith is? What does he not allow? - Show him a photograph – no one else is allowed to see it., What is the connection between Birling and Eva Smith? - She worked in his factory, Birling claims that it was too long ago for the incident at the factory to have caused her suicide. How does the Inspector disagree? - He says that "what happened to her there determined what happened next.", What does Birling say would be ‘awkward’ in reaction to being accused of involvement in Eva Smith’s death? - If we all had "responsibility for what happened with everybody", What did Eva Smith get fired from Birling’s factory for? - She led the protest asking for higher wages., Who says that firing Eva Smith from Birling’s factory was not fair? - Eric Birling, Why does Birling say you ‘have to come down sharply on these people’? (use a quotation!) - Because they’d ‘soon be asking for the earth’, How does Birling threaten the Inspector after their discussion about Eva Smith being fired? - Tells him he is good friends with the Chief Constable of the police, When Sheila hears about Eva Smith’s suicide, how does she demonstrate that she has empathy? - She feels bad for celebrating and being happy whilst it happened., What does Sheila say when Eva Smith and women like her are called ‘cheap labour’? - ‘But these girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people!’, What is the name of the department store Eva Smith got a job at? - Milwards, Why was Eva Smith ‘sacked’ from her job at the department store? - Sheila accused her of looking at her funnily., What does the Inspector say Eva Smith changed her name to? - Daisy Renton, Who is shocked initially when the Inspector says that Eva Smith changed her name and what do they do? - Gerald is shocked. He makes himself a drink., At the beginning of Act II, what does Mrs. Birling accuse the Inspector of being? (Use a quotation!) - ‘a trifle impertinent’ / rude, At the beginning of Act II, what does Gerald reveal about Eric? - That he likes to drink alcohol, When Mr. and Mrs. Birling dismiss the Inspector, what does Sheila say? (use a quotation!) - ‘he’s giving us the rope – so that we’ll hang ourselves’, Where does Gerald say that he met Eva Smith? - The Palace Music Hall, What kind of women did men go to meet in the ‘stalls bar’? - Prostitutes, How did Gerald introduce himself to Eva Smith? - He rescued her from being harassed, What did Gerald do when he ended his affair with Eva Smith? - Gave her money, What happens after Gerald finishes explaining his involvement with Eva Smith? - He leaves / Sheila hands him the engagement ring?, How did Eva Smith and Mrs. Birling meet? - Brumley Women’s Charity Organisation, Why was Eva Smith asking Mrs. Birling for help? - She was pregnant, What name did Eva Smith use when appealing for help? - Mrs. Birling, What does Mrs. Birling say when the Inspector asks about the father of the unborn child? - That he should be ‘entirely responsible’, Who is the father of Eva Smith’s unborn child? - Eric Birling, Where does Eric meet Eva Smith? - The Palace Bar – like Gerald, What does Eric do in order to support Eva Smith? - Steals money from his father, When the Inspector says he hasn’t much time left with them, what does he suggest the Birling family do? - ‘divide the responsibility between’ them, What does the Inspector say each member of the Birling family helped to do? - Kill Eva Smith, What does the Inspector accuse Eric of treating Eva Smith like? (use a quotation!) - ‘an animal, a thing, not a person’, What does Birling offer to the Inspector, possibly to cover up what has happened? - Money / ‘thousands’, Despite Eva Smith being dead, what does the Inspector say there are left in his final speech? (use a quotation!) - ‘millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths’, In his final speech, how does the Inspector make it clear everyone is connected? (use a quotation!) - He says ‘We are not alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other’, How does the Inspector say people will be punished if ‘men don’t learn’? (Use a quotation!) - ‘they will be taught in fire and blood and anguish’, Which two characters understand their responsibility for the death of Eva Smith by the end of the play? - Eric and Sheila, What does Mr and Mrs Birling think about the Inspector once he has left? - He must be fake, What do the Birling family find out when Mr. Birling calls the Police Station? - That there is no Inspector Goole, Up until the last moment, what do Mr. and Mrs Birling and Gerald feel? - Relief that the Inspector was a fake, What can’t Sheila forget towards the end of the play? - That everything that they said had happened actually did happen, What word does Mrs. Birling use to describe how her and her husband feel about the events of the evening? (Use a quotation!) - ‘amused’, What happens at the last moment of the play? - A telephone rings, What do the Birlings and Gerald find out at the end of the play? - That a girl has killed herself and that an Inspector is coming over,

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