Inspector Calls (Opening Stage Directions)

Which quote describes Sheila at the beginning of the play?

• "An attractive chap of around 30"

• "An ugly woman in her early forties, pleased with life and rather excitable".

• "A pretty girl in her early twenties, pleased with life and rather excited".

• "not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive".

What can we infer from the lighting at the beginning of the play?

• The family are happy and content

• The family are very close and supportive

• That the family are living life like they are looking through rose tinted glasses (not seeing things as they really are)

• The family are arguing with each other

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What quotes are used to describe Arthur Birling in the stage directions?

• heaving-looking

• portentous

• easy mannered

• arrogant

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

What quotes are used to describe Sybil Birling?

• cold

• social superior

• pretty

• formal

What do we discover about Gerald through the stage directions?

• He is suspicious

• He isn't at ease

• He is a dandy

• He is a well-bred young man

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is Eric described as in the stage directions

• Squiffy

• Half shy, half assertive

• Stubborn

• At ease

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

What are all the Birlings feeling at the end of the stage directions?

• Pleased with themselves

• Pleased with life

• Pleased with their dinner

• Pleased with the engagement

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

Socialism is the belief that everyone should be treated....

• unfairly
• cruelly
• kindly
• equally

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who does Gerald Croft represent?

• The working class

• The Socialists

• The upper classes

What is the patriarchy?

• A system in which men have power over women.

• A system in which the upper classes have power over everyone else

• A system where money is the most important thing

• A system where women have power.