An Inspector Calls Quotes Flashcards
Who says: ‘Lower ____ and higher ____… hard-_______ man of business.’
Mr Birling, Act 1 (x3): Lower costs and higher prices… hard-headed man of business.’
Who says: ‘I was in a _____ when a ____ easily turns _____ - and I ________ to make a row.’
Eric, Act 3: ‘I was in a state when a chap easily turns nasty - and I threatened to make a row.’
Who says about who: ‘Just ____ her for the end of a stupid, _______ night as if she were an ______, a _____, not a _______.’
Inspector, about Eric, Act 3: ‘Just used her for the end of a stupid, drunken night as if she were an animal, a thing, not a person.’
Who says: ‘It is better to ___ for the _____ than to ____ it.’
Inspector, Act 1: ‘It is better to ask for the earth than to take it.’
Who says: ‘Sorry! It’s just I can’t help ________ about that girl - ________ herself so horribly - and I’ve been __ ______ tonight! Oh I wish you hadn’t told me. What was she like? Quite ______?’
Sheila, Act 1: ‘Sorry! It’s just I can’t help thinking about that girl - destroying herself so horribly - and I’ve been so happy tonight! Oh I wish you hadn’t told me. What was she like? Quite young?’
Who says: ‘You mustn’t try to build up a kind of ____ between us and that girl… Between us we ______ her.’
Sheila, Act 2: ‘You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl… Between us we killed her.’
Who’s described as: ‘A rather ____ woman and her husband’s _____ ________.’
Mrs. Birling, Act 1: ‘A rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior.’
Who says: ‘I think she had only herself to _____… Unlike the other three I did _______ I’m ashamed of or that won’t _____ ______________.’
Mrs Birling, Act 2: ‘I think she had only herself to blame… Unlike the other three I did nothing I’m ashamed of or that won’t blame investigation.’
Who says: ‘You began to _____ something. And now you’ve _______. And you’re ready to go on in the ____ ___ ___… ____ and _____ and _______. And it ________ me the way you talk.’
Sheila, Act 3: ‘You began to learn something. And now you’ve stopped. And you’re ready to go on in the same old way… fire and blood and anguish. And it frightens me the way you talk.’
Who says: ‘You must give me a list of those ________. I’ve got to _____ ____ __ as soon as I can.’
Mr Birling, Act 3: ‘You must give me a list of those accounts. I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can.’
Who says: We are members of one ____. If ____ will not learn that lesson, they will be taught in ____, _____ and ______.’
Inspector, Act 3: ‘We are members of one body. If men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught in fire, blood and anguish.’
Who says: ‘____________ all right now, Sheila.’ (Holds up ____.) ‘What about this ____?’
Gerald, Act 3: ‘Everything’s all right now, Sheila.’ (Holds up ring.) ‘What about this ring?’
Who says: ‘I didn’t _______ her there to make ____ to her.’
Gerald, Act 2: ‘I didn’t install her there to make love to her.’
Who says: ‘I say the girl’s ____ and we all helped ____ her - and that’s what _______.’
Eric, Act 3: ‘I say the girl’s dead and we all helped kill her - and that’s what matters.’
Who says: ‘You’ll hear some people talk about ___, and to that I say - ________!’
Mr Birling, Act 1: ‘You’ll hear some people talk about war, and to that I say - fiddlesticks!’
