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How do you spell the authors last name

Priestley

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what is socialism

A left wing political belief in greater equality and fairness for all especially the poorest and most needy in society. socialist belive that working class people should have more of a say in the government and that wealth should be more evenly shared among classes

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What is social responsability

The idea that society’s poorer members should be helped by those who have more then them Priestly was a socialist and his political views are woven through his work voice particularly by the inspector Eric and Sheila

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Which character in the play best represents capitalism

Mr billing

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what quote explains what Mr birling believes a man must do

“ a man has to mind his own business and look after himself”

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Which quote from the play displays the socialist counter argument to Mr billing “it’s my duty to keep Labour costs down”

“why shouldn't they try for higher wages we try for the highest possible prices”(Eric)

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Which character in the play represents socialism

The inspector

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What is the problem with Mr birlings assertion “it’s a free country” when explaining the woman could go and work somewhere else

The birlings do not understand how difficult it can be for girls like Eva to get work

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What quote from the play shows the counter argument to “if you don’t come down sharply on theses people they would soon be asking for the earth”(Mr birling)

“it’s better to ask for the world then to take it”(inspector)

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What is capitalism

A right winged political belief in individual gain through hard work and profit capitalist accept that for this to happen there will allways be people in society who are much better off then others

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What dose Mr birling say to war and community

“Fiddlesticks”-war

“nonsense”-community

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what dose Mr birling say in response to finding out the inspectors not real

“it makes all the difference”

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What dose Mr birling say about his and Mrs birlings actions

“there's every excuse for what for what both your mother and I did - it turned out unfortunately that's all”


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“what’s the____with that____”(Mr birling)

Matter/child

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“now look at the ___ __ ___ the famous______ _________ who ____ __ ___” (Mr birling)

pair of them/younger generation/know it all

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what dose Mr birling have to do as soon as he can

“cover it up”

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why did Mr birling fire Eva Smith

Becuase she had “to much to say”

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“is there any ______ __ _____ should _____ ______ ____ ___ inspector”

Reason my wife/answer questions from you

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what impression is the inspector desrcibed as giving

“massivness solidity and purposfullness”

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“and you think young woman ought to be protected ______ and _______ things”

Unpleasent/disturbing

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what dose the inspector say the young ones are

“More impressionable”

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“we have to share something, if nothing else our___” (inspector)

Guilt

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“Public men Mr birling have ______ as well as ____”(inspector)

Responsibilities/privileges

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“He speaks____, _____ and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the prison he addresses before actually speaking”(inspector)

Carefully/weightily

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“but each of you ____ __ __ ___. Rember that. ____ _____ it” (inspector)

Helped to kill her/never forget

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“there are ______ and _______ and ______ of Eva smiths and John Smith still ___ ___ __.”(inspector)

Millions/millions/millions/left with us

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“they will be taught in ___ and ____ and _____”(inspector)

Fire/blood/anguish

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“we are members of ___ ____ we are ______ for ______”(inspector)

one body/responsible/eachother

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how is Eric desrcibed

“not quite at ease half shy half assertive.”

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“I was in that ___ when a chap easily gets ____”(eric)

State/nasty

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what dose Eric say about his relationship with Eva

"I wasn’t in love with her or anything-but I liked her”

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what dose Eric say he did so he could make love with Eva

“I inisisted” “ I threatened”

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“not the kind of ____ _ ____ could __ __”(eric)

Father a chap/ go to

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what dose Eric say to Mrs birling when finding out her part in eva’s death

“ you killed them both, damn you, damn you -”

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what dose Eric say when he comes back to the house at the start of act 3

“you know don’t you”

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“the___ not the _______ ____. It’s what we did to her that ______”(eric)

Moneys/important thing/matters

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“and I _____ ____ _____. it _____ me too”(eric)

Agree with shelia/frightens

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“we all _____ ___ ___”(eric)

Helped kill her

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“i’m _______ of you, as well- yes ____ __ ___”(eric)

Ashamed/both of you

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what dose shelia say to her mum after her engagement

“look mummy isn’t it a beauty”

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What dose Eric say in response to gerald’s “you couldn’t have done anything else”

“he could have he could have kept her on instead of throwing it out”

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how is shelia desrcibed as being

“pleased with life

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“but these girls arnt’t ___ ____- they're _____”(shelia)

Cheap labour/people

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if she had been some _____ ____ ____ I don’t sopsued I’d have done it”(shelia)

Miserable little creature

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“I know i’m to ____ and i’m _______ ______” (shelia)

blame/desperately sorry

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“I'll ____,______ do it again”(shelia)

Never never

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what dose shelia say must not happen between them and Eva

“you mustn't try and build up a wall between us and that girl”

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“why you ___ he ____”(shelia)

Fool/knows

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“You'll ___, You'll ___,”(shelia)

See/see

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what dose shelia say the point is

“ the point is you don't seem to have learnt anything”

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“it’s you ___ who are being _____ - tyring not to ___ the ___”(shelia)

Two/childish/face/facts

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how is Gerald described

“an easy well-bred young man, about town”

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what dose Gerald say they are

“we're respectable citizens not criminals”

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what dose Gerald say about his feelings towards Eva/daisy

“ I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me”

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“nothing less than _ ___ ___ ___”(gerald)

A cry for help

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what dose Gerald say about Eva/daisy becoming his mistress

“it was inevitable”

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“all right _ ____ ___ let's ___ it at that” (gerald)

I knew her/leave

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“ we can __ ___ __ ___”(gerald)

Keep it from

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what dose Gerald say to shelia once they figure out the man isn’t a police inspector

“everything’s all right now, shelia what about this ring.”

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“that man ____ a _____ _______”(gerald)

wasn't/ police inspector

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how is Mrs birling described

“cold”

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“Arthur You're not _____ __ ___ such things”

supposed to say

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what dose Mrs birling say to shelia about gerald’s behaviour

“you will have to get used to that just as I had”

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“first, she ____ ____ ___ ___”(Mrs birling)

called herself Mrs birling

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“girls of ___ ___”

That class

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what dose Mrs birling say she did to eva’s cases

used my influence to have it refused”

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what dose Mrs birling call the inspector

a trifle impertinent”

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“I did ______ __ _______ __ or that won’t ____ ________”(Mrs birling)

Nothing i’m ashamed off/ bear investigation

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“I was ________ justified” (Mrs birling)

Perfectly

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“I accept __ ____”(Mrs birling)

No blame

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“don’t be ______ shelia”(Mrs birling)

Childish

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Eva was a “_____ good-looking girl-_____-bred”

Lively/country

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When describing Eva eric says “she was a ___ ____”

Good sport

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what did Eva know about her relationship with Gerald

“she knew it couldn’t last-hadn’t expected it to last”

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how did Gerald describe Eva

“very pretty-soft brown hair and big dark eyes”

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in Milward Eva “looked _____ and ____ and _____”

Young/fresh/charming

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How dose the light change when the inspector arrives

brighter and harder

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Who is the only working class character we see

Edna

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What dose Mr birlings provincial accent mean

He came from a working class background and work his waybup

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What dose the ring symbolise

Marriage and the expectation of women in 1912

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The setting is “substantial and heavily comfortable but not _____ ______”

Cosy and homelike