GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
What were Priestley’s political views? What did he believe in?
2
Which two characters are of a higher social class than the others?
3
In which order were the Birlings and Gerald interviewed by the Inspector?
4
How much money did Eric take from his father’s business and why?
Explode this quotation:
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“I'm talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business. And I say there isn't a chance of war.”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
What were Priestley’s political views? What did he believe in?
2
Which two characters are of a higher social class than the others?
3
In which order were the Birlings and Gerald interviewed by the Inspector?
4
How much money did Eric take from his father’s business and why?
Explode this quotation:
5
“I'm talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business. And I say there isn't a chance of war.”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
List 5 key themes of the play.
2
How did 1940s audiences feel about social responsibility? Why?
3
Which group(s) in society does Mr Birling represent?
4
What happens at the end of Act 2?
Explode this quotation:
“His wife is about fifty, a rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior”
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GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
List 5 key themes of the play.
2
How did 1940s audiences feel about social responsibility? Why?
3
Which group(s) in society does Mr Birling represent?
4
What happens at the end of Act 2?
Explode this quotation:
5
“His wife is about fifty, a rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
What does the Inspector talk about in his final speech? Why?
2
Why does Mrs Birling refuse to help Eva Smith?
3
Which two historical events does Mr Birling refer to in his Act 1 speech?
4
Give two ways in which Sheila Birling changes over the course of the play.
Explode this quotation:
“Eric is in his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive.”
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GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
What does the Inspector talk about in his final speech? Why?
2
Why does Mrs Birling refuse to help Eva Smith?
3
Which two historical events does Mr Birling refer to in his Act 1 speech?
4
Give two ways in which Sheila Birling changes over the course of the play.
Explode this quotation:
5
“Eric is in his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive.”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
Where does Gerald disappear to in Act 2? When does he reappear?
2
Where is Eva Smith from? Where is her family?
3
In which year was the play first performed? Where was it performed?
4
Which character model, in Priestley’s opinion, the correct way to behave and think?
5
Explode this quotation:
“He regards her calmly while she stares at him wonderingly and dubiously..”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
Where does Gerald disappear to in Act 2? When does he reappear?
2
Where is Eva Smith from? Where is her family?
3
In which year was the play first performed? Where was it performed?
4
Which character model, in Priestley’s opinion, the correct way to behave and think?
5
Explode this quotation:
“He regards her calmly while she stares at him wonderingly and dubiously..”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
List 3 adjectives to describe Eric.
2
In which year is the play set?
3
How is the lighting described at the start of the play?
4
How does Mr Birling try to intimidate the Inspector in Act 1?
5
Explode this quotation:
“A girl died tonight. A pretty, lively sort of girl, who never did anybody any harm. But she died in misery and
agony – hating life –“
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
List 3 adjectives to describe Eric.
2
In which year is the play set?
3
How is the lighting described at the start of the play?
4
How does Mr Birling try to intimidate the Inspector in Act 1?
5
Explode this quotation:
“A girl died tonight. A pretty, lively sort of girl, who never did anybody any harm. But she died in misery and
agony – hating life –“
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
In which area of the country is the play set? Why?
2
What does Mrs Birling think should happen to the father of Eva Smith’s unborn child?
3
How does Sheila feel about Gerald after he has confessed his actions to the Inspector in Act 2?
4
List 3 adverbs from the stage direction that describe the Inspector.
5
Explode this quotation:
“We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
In which area of the country is the play set? Why?
2
What does Mrs Birling think should happen to the father of Eva Smith’s unborn child?
3
How does Sheila feel about Gerald after he has confessed his actions to the Inspector in Act 2?
4
List 3 adverbs from the stage direction that describe the Inspector.
5
Explode this quotation:
“We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
Why does it “not much matter” to Sheila is the Inspector was not a policeman?
2
How does the play end?
3
What is the mood in the dining room at the start of Act 1? Why?
4
How does Mr Birling treat Eric? Why?
5
Explode this quotation:
“you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive –
community and all that nonsense.”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
Why does it “not much matter” to Sheila is the Inspector was not a policeman?
2
How does the play end?
3
What is the mood in the dining room at the start of Act 1? Why?
4
How does Mr Birling treat Eric? Why?
5
Explode this quotation:
“you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive –
community and all that nonsense.”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
In which year did World War 1 start? Why is this significant to the play?
2
Who speaks “miserably” in Act 1? Why?
3
Which group of people does the Inspector say is often “more impressionable” in Act 1?
4
What is ironic about Mr Birling saying “as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!”?
5
Explode this quotation:
“He walks straight out, leaving them staring, subdued and wondering. Sheila is still quietly crying. Mrs Birling has
collapsed into a chair. Eric is brooding desperately. Birling […] moves hesitatingly.”
GCSE English Literature Five-A-Day Revision
An Inspector Calls
1
In which year did World War 1 start? Why is this significant to the play?
2
Who speaks “miserably” in Act 1? Why?
3
Which group of people does the Inspector say is often “more impressionable” in Act 1?
4
What is ironic about Mr Birling saying “as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!”?
5
Explode this quotation:
“He walks straight out, leaving them staring, subdued and wondering. Sheila is still quietly crying. Mrs Birling has
collapsed into a chair. Eric is brooding desperately. Birling […] moves hesitatingly.”