AIC- Act One Knowledge Check

Your main teacher:

• Mrs Jones
• Mr Shoebridge
• Ms Norton
• Ms Lenkauskas
• Ms Wong

According to the speech he makes to Gerald and Eric, what is Birling's opinion about how people should live their lives?

• A person is responsible for other members of society, not just themselves
• A person should offer help to others in the same way they they take help from others
• A person should just look after themselves and their family and no one else.
• A person should not care what anyone else thinks of them

What political view does Mr Birling represent?

• Communism
• Socialism
• Feudalism
• Capitalism

Who announces the arrival of the Inspector?

• Eric
• Edna
• The Inspector
• The Narrator

What happens to the 'pink and intimate' lighting once the Inspector enters?

• It becomes 'a spotlight trained on Mr Birling'
• It becomes 'dimmer and lower'
• It becomes 'brighter and harder'
• It becomes 'a mixture of reds and yellows'

The Inspector's name is an 'aptronym'- what is an aptronym?

• A name that is difficult to say out loud
• The same name as the writer
• Where the surname rhymes with the first name
• A name that cleverly reveals something about the character

Birling boasts to Gerald when they have a private moment together. What does he tell him he will be 'receiving next year'?

• A knighthood
• A grant from the government to expand his business
• A Nobel Prize
• A medal of bravery for his service during World War One

How does the Inspector describe Eva Smith's suicide?

• 'she decided to quietly leave her life behind'
• 'we are not sure what happened but she wanted to end it all'
• 'she'd swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant. Burnt her inside out'
• 'I won't go into what happened but needless to say, she's not here to tell her story'

Birling's speech about the future shows he is foolish and arrogant. What TWO things is he wrong about in his speech? (Choose TWO answers)

• He believes that the Titanic in unsinkable
• He believes that the war won't happen
• He believes his business will suffer during the recession
• He believes that worker strikes will eventually destroy his business
• He believes Gerald and Sheila will eventually drift apart.

Why did Mr Birling sack Eva Smith?

• He thinks she damaged factory equipment during the strikes and protests
• She was taking money from the safe in his office
• She was a bad worker who always made mistakes
• He saw her as a trouble-maker for leading the strikes