An Inspector Calls Act I Quiz

What is the definition of portentous?

• Overly serous in an arrogant way.

• Of great importance.

• Tasteless or uncultured.

• Large and rotund.

What are the Birlings and Gerald doing at the start of Act I?

• Celebrating the partnership between Birling and Company and Crofts Limited

• They are being interrogated by an inspector about a young woman who committed suicide.

• Celebrating Shelia and Gerald's engagement.

• Celebrating Arthur Birling's appointment to knighthood.

In Arthur Birling's speech he predicts that...

• there will be a war among all the powerful European nations in the coming years.

• the Titanic will sink.

• an inspector will call that night.

• there'll be peace and prosperity everywhere.

Eric Birling is best described as...

• confident and self-assured.

• anxious and uncertain of himself.

• calculating and cunning.

• an absent-minded fool.

What does squiffy mean?

• Slightly drunk

• Foolish

• Pathetic

• Ignorant

An Inspector Calls is set in the fictional town in North England. What is the name of the town?

• Hampshire

• Hershey

• Brumley

• Yorkshire

What is Arthur Birling's profession?

• Doctor

• Lawyer

• Mayor

• Owner of a manufacturing company.

Why did Arthur Birling fire Eva Smith?

• She did not follow safety protocol.

• She was one of the leaders of a strike and demanded higher wages.

• She was incompetent at her job.

• She had an inappropriate relationship with her supervisor.

What is the inspector's last name?

• Spectre

• Fantom

• Goole

• Warlock

According to the police inspector how did Eva Smith commit suicide?

• Swallowed arsenic.

• Jumped to her death from the roof of the factory she worked at.

• Swallowed strong disinfectant.

• Drowned herself in a river.