key quotes act 3

Question 1

Mrs Birling knows little about her son

Answer 1

“you don’t get drunk”

Question 2

Eric acknowledges that Eva was unable to stop him

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Eric describes Eva

Answer 3

“She was pretty and a good sport”
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything”

Question 4

Eric feels like he can’t express his feelings to his father

Answer 4

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

Question 5

The inspector’s final message

Answer 5

“We are members of one body”
“Millions and millions and millions of John Smiths and Eva Smiths”

Question 6

Gerald returns

Answer 6

“That man wasn’t a police officer”

Question 7

Mr and Mrs Birling’s reactions to Inspector Goole not being a real police officer

Answer 7

“.. we’ve been had”

Question 8

Mr Birling mocks and ridicules Sheila and Eric

Answer 8

“the famous younger generation that know it all. and they can’t even take a joke.”