An Inspector Calls Context

True or false: JB Priestley was born into a working class family.

• True

• False

When was the play written?

• 1932

• 1912

• 1948

• 1945

Answer explanation

The play was first performed in 1945, imagine how the audience would have reacted to some of Birling's comments about war.

Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'?

• J.C Priestly

• Charles Dickens

• J.B Priestley

• William Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Remember it is PriestlEy. So many pupils mis-spell Priestley's name on the exam!

When was the play set?

• 1914

• 1945

• 1912

• 1932

Answer explanation

The play was set over 30 years prior to being written. Priestley uses the power of hindsight.

Which war did Priestley fight in?

• World War I

• World War II

• Crimean War

• The Gulf War

What happened to Priestley when fighting in the war?

• He was captured as a prisoner of war.

• He was victim to a gas attack.

• He lost both legs in an explosion.

• He never went to fight in the war.

Which of these is NOT an example of context?

• Historical

• Social

• Geographical

• Personal

Capitalists are particularly concerned about:

• Helping other people

• Money and business

• Sharing out the workload

• Stopping war

Answer explanation

Is a system where people can become as rich as they want. Companies make their money through profit. A factory owner buys something for £5 but sells it to the public for £10. The factory owner decides what to do with the money made from the sale: keep or reinvest. There is very little say by the Government over what happens with that money. It is yours to keep; it is ‘private’.

What catastrophic event happened in 1912?

• The Spanish Flu Pandemic

• The Titanic sank

• World War I

• World War II

Who was the monarch at the time J.B Priestley set 'An Inspector Calls'?

• King George V

• King Edward II

• King James I

• Queen Victoria

Answer explanation

It is called the Edwardian period because the beliefs of society (wealth, excess, nostalgia for the past) during King Edward’s reign continued into King George’s

reign.