AIC quotes

Question 1

It’s __ ____ __ keep ______ _____ down

Answer 1

It’s my duty to keep labour costs down - Mr Birling

Question 2

“__________, absolutely __________”

Answer 2

unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable - Mr Birling

Question 3

“All _____ __ like ____ in _ ____ - _________ and all that ________”

Answer 3

“All mixed up like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense” - Mr Birling

Question 4

“You’re not ___ ____ __ ______ a ____ could go to ____ ___ __ _______”

Answer 4

You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble - Eric

Question 5

“she ___ ____ herself __ ______”

Answer 5

she had only herself to blame - Mrs Birling

Question 6

“I ______ no _____ at ___”

Answer 6

I accept no blame at all - Mrs Birling

Question 7

“But these _____ _____ _____ ______ - they’re ______”

Answer 7

“But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people” - Sheila

Question 8

“I’ll never, _____ __ __ again __ _______”

Answer 8

I’ll never, never do it again to anybody - Sheila

Question 9

“Why shouldn’t they ___ ___ ______ _____”

Answer 9

Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages - Eric

Question 10

“I was in ____ _____ when a ____ ______ _____ _____”

Answer 10

I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty - Eric

Question 11

“Each of you ______ __ ____ ___”

Answer 11

Each of you helped to kill her - Inspector Goole

Question 12

“We don’t ____ _____. We ___ _______ __ one ____”

Answer 12

We don’t live alone. We are members of one body - Inspector Goole

Question 13

“There are ________ and ________ of ___ _______ ___ ____ ______”

Answer 13

There are millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths - Inspector Goole

Question 14

“Don’t ___ anything to ___ _________”

Answer 14

Don’t say anything to the Inspector - Gerald

Question 15

“She was _____ and ______ and ____-_______ - and _________ grateful”

Answer 15

“She was young and pretty and warm-hearted - and intensely grateful” - Gerald

Question 16

“For ______ ______ and ______ ______”

Answer 16

For lower costs and higher prices - Mr Birling

Question 17

“That _____ ____ and we all ______ __ ____ ___”

Answer 17

That girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her - Eric

Question 18

“We’re not ___ ____ ______ who ___ _____ to _______”

Answer 18

We’re not the same people who sat down to dinner - Sheila

Question 19

“A rather ____ _____ and her ________ ______ ________”

Answer 19

A rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior - Mrs Birling (stage directions)

Question 20

“A _______ girl, ______ _______ with ____”

Answer 20

A pretty girl, rather pleased with life - Sheila (stage directions)

Question 21

“As if _ ___ __ ___ ____ would ever ______ _______!”

Answer 21

As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money! - Mrs Birling

Question 22

“I ___ those ____-_____, ____-_______ women”

Answer 22

“I hate those hard-eyed, dough-faced women” - Gerald

Question 23

“a piece __ _____ ____________”

Answer 23

a piece of gross impertinence - Mrs Birling

Question 24

“you’re _________ like a _________ ______ tonight”

Answer 24

you’re behaving like a hysterical child tonight - Mrs Birling

Question 25

“____-____, young-man-______-_____”

Answer 25

“well-bred, young-man-about-town” - Gerald (stage directions)

Question 26

“I don’t _____ _____ this _______ ________”

Answer 26

I don’t come into this suicide business - Gerald

Question 27

“these ______ aren’t ______ ________, they’re _______”

Answer 27

these girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people - Sheila