Writer
Spell the playwright's surname.
Priestley
Complete Mr Birling's quote: You'd think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like _____________
bees in a hive
What is the name of the maid? What does she represent?
Edna - a working class servant with no power/voice.
Which year is the play set? (Bonus 50 points for the season)
Spring 1912
In which order is the family's involvement in Eva's death told?
Mr Birling
Sheila
Gerald
Mrs Birling
Eric
What was his political stance?
Socialism
Complete the Inspector's quote: If men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in ____ and _____ and _____?
fire and blood and anguish
BONUS SQUARE - 200 POINTS ARE YOURS.
Someone must love you!
When was the play first performed in London?
1946
Name the shop where Eva worked. What sort of shop was it?
Millwards, a clothing shop.
Who is his mouthpiece in the play?
Inspector Goole
How does Mr Birling describe the Inspector:
Probably a __________ or some sort of _____.
Socialist .... crank.
List three names the dead girl used.
Eva Smith, Daisy Renton, Mrs Birling.
Name 3 things Mr Birling predicts wrongly.
An "unsinkable" Titanic.
"Silly little war scares"
"wild talk about possible labour trouble"
"Russia ... will always be behindhand"
What is the name of the town where the play is set, and whereabout is it?
Brumley, a North Midlands industrial city.
Why did Priestley write the play?
He wanted to improve society and make the rich realize their selfish behaviour.
Complete the Inspector's quote:
We don't live alone. We are ______ of one _______.
We are members of one body
Who is described as: "half-drunk", a "notorious womanizer" and a "rogue"?
Alderman Joe Meggarty.
Which popular genre of theatre would you describe An Inspector Calls as?
Detective thriller (and/or a modern morality play).
What is the name of the organisation which Mrs Birling is involved in, and what does it do?
What does the 'J' in Priestley's name stand for?
John
Complete the Inspector's quote:
One Eva Smith has gone, but there are _____ and _____ and ______ of ____ _______ and _______ _________ still left with us, with their hopes and ______, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives.
One Eva Smith has gone, but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives.
Complete the quote about the Inspector:
The Inspector need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of _______, __________ and _____________.
massiveness, solidity and purposefulness
Mr Birling says, "We can't let these Bernard Shaws and H G Wellses do all the talking".
Who are these people and what do they represent?
Friends of Priestley and fellow writers, who also held strong Socialist views.
List all the characters named in the play who go to the Palace Variety Theatre bar, and finish this quote describing it:
"a favourite haunt of ______ of the ______"
Eva, Gerald, Eric, Meggarty,
"a favourite haunt of the women of the town."