Structure in An Inspector Calls

What is a cliff-hanger?

• An ending that leaves the audience knowing everything

• An ending that leaves the audience questioning

• An ending that leaves the audience sad

• An ending that leaves the audience satisfied with events

What is the cliff-hanger at the end of act one

• An inspector calling the house

• Eric re-enters the room

• Gerald accidentally shows he knew Eva as Daisy

• The Inspector arrives

What is the cliff-hanger at the end of Act Three

• Gerald accidentally shows he knew Eva as Daisy

• Eric re-enters and the family realise he is the father of Eva's baby

• The inspector arrives

• Arthur answers the phone to Brumley police who says an inspector is on the way

What is the cliff-hanger at the end of act two?

• Gerald accidentally shows he knew Eva as Daisy

• Eric re-enters and the family realise he is the father of Eva's baby

• Arthur answers the phone to Brumley Police who say an inspector is on the way to ask the family some questions.

Why is it important that Mr Birling was interviewed first?

• he is the most guilty

• he is the most powerful in the family

• he doesn't care

• because Sheila refused

Why is the Inspector's entrance effective?

• Mr Birling was just saying how 'a man has to look after his own' - ironic

• He walks straight up to Mr Birling

• He immediately gives a sense of massiveness

• Mr Birling ignores him

Why is it effective for Eric to leave and then return?

• It forces us to change from chronological order interviews

• It shows he knows what is going on

• Priestley didn't want to interview him yet

• He doesn't hear his mother's interview that is unknowingly about him - dramatic irony

Why is Sheila's exit after she finds out she was part of the reason effective?

• creates an intense atmosphere- shows the effect of her guilt, allows shift for change

• it shows she is a weak woman who can't handle her emotions

• It allows the inspector to move on to the next person

• it creates a dark atmosphere and shows the change in Sheila's mother Sybil

True or false: All the interviews follow chronological order of events

• True

• False

Who is interviewed last?

• Sybil

• Sheila

• Eric

• Gerald