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Question 1

What type of family are the Birlings?

Answer 1

Wealthy upper class family who enjoy the luxuries and social superiorty they have

Question 2

Quotes suggesting Mr Birling is arrogant

Answer 2

“I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business”
“There isnt a chance of war”
“Titanic… absolutely unsinkable”

Question 3

What does Mr Birling’s arrogance result in for the reader?

Answer 3

We lose trust in him from early on

Question 4

What does Priestly exhibit Mr Birling as?

Answer 4

The living embodiment of the capitalist ideology

Question 5

Mr Birling wears formal clothes

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Reflection of capitalism

Question 6

“Heavy looking” -Mr B

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Greed

Question 7

“Rather portentious looking” -Mr B

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Tries hard to impress people

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Pompous meaning

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Self absorbed

Question 9

“She’ll make you (Gerald) very happy” - Mr B

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Values Sheila on her capacity to further the family company

Question 10

What does Mr B value more than his own daughters happiness and engagement?

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“Lower costs and higher prices”

Prospect of increased profit

Question 11

“Id give thousands- yes, thousands” -Mr B

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Wouldnt pay eva a few extra shillings but attempts to bribe inspector

Question 12

What does Mrs B being “social superior” reveal?

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She came from a higher class family than Mr B and he hasn’t always been rich upper class

Question 13

“Community and all that nonsense”

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Mr B very anti socialist and only cares about himself and his own wealth/status

Question 14

“Girls of that class” - Mrs B

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Thinks she is socially and morally superior

Question 15

How does Mrs B cold and uncaring nature lead to her downfall?

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She unkowingly condemns her own son

Question 16

“Arthur you’re not supposed to say such things” - Mrs B

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Thinks she is socially superior

Question 17

“I dont know anything about this girl” - mrs b

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Lying to cover her own back

Question 18

“We’ve done a great deal of useful work in helping deserving cases” - mrs b

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Facade to make her look good

Question 19

“Gross impertinence” - mrs b

Answer 19

Eva tried to use her name

Classic snob

Question 20

“She had only herself to blame” - mrs b

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Unsympathetic/cold

Question 21

“As if a girl of that sort would refuse money” - mrs b

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Attitude to lower class

Question 22

“I accept no blame for it at all” - mrs b

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Responsibility

Question 23

“Working together - for lower costs and higher prices” - mr b

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Selfish capitalist

Question 24

“There isn’t a chance of war” - mr b

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Naive
Ironic
Dismissive

Question 25

“I might find my way onto the next honours list” - mr b

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Arrogance | Showing off

Question 26

“As long as we behave ourselves” + dont “start a scandal” - mr b

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Foreshadowing

Question 27

“Man has to look after himself” - mr b

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Shows capitalism

Question 28

“I cant accept any responsibility” - mr b

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Responsibility

Question 29

“Ive got to cover this up as soon as i can” - mr b

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Only thinks about their reputation

Question 30

How did eric treat eva smith?

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It is SUGGESTED that he raped her | Abused his power as upper class

Question 31

“The fact remains that i did what i did” - eric

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Ashamed and accepts responsibility

Question 32

“Not quite at ease” - stage about eric

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Clearly uncomfortable

Question 33

“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out” - eric

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Willing to speak up | Not as capitalist as father

Question 34

“In a way she treated me as if i were a kid” - eric

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Patronised

Question 35

“Just you keep out of this” - to eric

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Patronised - not treated his age

Question 36

“It isnt if you cant go and work somewhere else”

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Empathetic

Question 37

“Your not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble” - eric

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Mr B isnt a good father | Feels unsupported

Question 38

“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty” - eric

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Suggets he was abusive to her

Question 39

“Now i really feel engaged” - sheila

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Materialistic

Question 40

“I think it was a mean thing to do” - sheila

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Willing to speak up

Question 41

“These girls arent cheap labour they’re people” - sheila

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Socially aware

Question 42

“Now i feel a lot worse” - sheila

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Guilty

Question 43

It doesnt much matter who it was who made us confess” - sheila

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Learned her lesson

Question 44

“You and i arent the same people who sat down to dinner here” - sheila

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Matures through play

Question 45

“I wish you hadnt told me” - sheila

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Self centred

Question 46

“Mummy” “daddy”

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Young and naive

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“Mother” - sheila

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Matures

Question 48

“I was sorry for her” - gerald

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Good intentions

Question 49

“Just the kind of son in law i always wanted” - mr b to gerald

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Favoured by birling

Question 50

“I did keep a girl last summer” - gerald

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Unfaithful

Question 51

“I hate those hard eyed dough faced women” - gerald

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Disrepect to lower classes

Question 52

“Im not going until i know all that happened” - inspector

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Forceful

Question 53

“We are members of one body” - inspector

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Priestly’s voice | Socialism

Question 54

“Theres no inspector goole on the police”

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Enigmatic

Question 55

“Dont stammer and yammer at me again man” - inspector

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Not intimidated by class

Question 56

“Each of you helped to kill her” - inspector

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Accusatory

Question 57

“We are members of one body” - inspector

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Socialist

Question 58

“We are responsible for each other” - inspector

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Responsibility

Question 59

“They will be taught in fire blood and anguish”

Answer 59

Links to bible and christianity