Characters
How does Eva Smith commit suicide?
By drinking bleach or disinfectant
'I don't play golf.'
Inspector Goole
In which month and year is the play set?
April 1912
Foil
Which French term refers pejoratively to the newly wealthy, upwardly mobile middle-class?
Nouveau riche
Mr. Birling tells Gerald that he may be in line for a _________.
Knighthood
'...and I've been so happy tonight.'
Sheila Birling (we stan)
In what region of England is the play set?
The North Midlands
‘Let’s say in 1940...by that time you’ll be living in a world that will have forgotten all these Capital versus Labour agitations and all these silly little war scares.'
Dramatic irony
The fallen woman
'Not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive.'
Eric Birling
'Suddenly I felt I just had to laugh.'
Eric Birling
What is the historical setting for the play?
Edwardian England
"Because what happened to her then may have determined what happened to her afterwards, and what happened to her afterwards may have driven her to suicide."
Anadiplosis
He said he read her diary
'An attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred man-about-town.'
Gerald Croft
Who is the first character to use the word 'hoax' ?
Gerald Croft
In which city was the play first performed?(three guesses)
Moscow
End of Act 1: 'Well'?
Cliffhanger/Climactic curtain
What does the J B stand for in J B Priestley?
John Boynton
What is the name of Gerald's friend who gives him the keys to the rooms where he installs Eva (Daisy) as his mistress?
Charlie Brunswick
Who has an 'obscene fat carcass' ?
Alderman Meggarty
Name the respective monarchs on the throne in a) 1912 and b) 1945
a) George V
b) George VI
The audience moves from a position of ignorance to one of knowledge at the same time as the characters.
Unity of time
In which city was J. B. Priestley born?(three guesses allowed)
Bradford