J.B Priestley

Who wrote An Inspector Calls?

• JT Preist

• JB Priestley

• JB Priestly

• JT Priestley

Why did Priestley leabe school rather than work towards a univeristy scholarship?

• He wanted to join the army

• He wanted to write

• He wanted to go travelling

• He didn't want to be pressured by his parents to go to university.

Which years were said to set their stamp on Priestley?

• 1911-1914

• 1912-1915

• 1930-1933

• 1942-1945

Priestley describes himself as a commentator. What is a commentator?

• A person to makes a set of rules

• A person who decides who make legal judgements

• A person who comments on something or a series of events.

• A person who analyses a situation

What happened to Priestley during World War I?

• Priestley was a commander in the army. He led many attacks on the Germans.

• Priestley tried to abandon the war effort.

• Priestley wrote a series of war poems.

• Priestley narrowly escaped being killed when a German shell exploded no more than two or three yards away from him. He was also the victim of a gas attack.

How does Priestley describe himself during the war?

• Lucky

• Unfornature

• Brave

• Cowardly

What did Priestley study at Cambridge University?

• History of Art

• English Literature and Language

• Modern History and Political Science

• Maths and Physics

What were J.B Priestley’s series of ten minute talks on the BBC about?

• They were about his time at univeristy

• They were about the conditions of wartime during World War 2.

• They were about his reasons for writing

• They were about his upbringing

Why were J.B Priestley’s series of ten minute talks on the BBC cancelled?

• They were too critical of the government

• They were too repetitive

• They didn't have enough listeners

• They evoked too many complaints