An Inspector Calls Act 1 Quiz (Act One)

An Inspector Calls Act 1 questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. What family occasion is being celebrated as the play opens?
   Birling's election as Lord Mayor · Eric's return from his travels · The award of Birling's knighthood · Sheila's engagement to Gerald Croft
2. By Birling's own account, why did he sack the young woman from his works?
   She led the workers asking for a pay rise · She had given his family's name falsely · She was caught taking money from the office · She was impertinent to a valued customer
3. What made Sheila insist that the girl be dismissed from Milwards?
   The girl had been seen out with Gerald · She thought the girl was laughing at her · The girl refused to fetch a dress for her · The girl complained about her low wages
4. In the speech he makes to Gerald and Eric just before the Inspector arrives, what is Birling's view of social duty?
   The wealthy owe a duty to the whole town · The state should settle industrial disputes · Each man must see to his own family first · Employers owe their workers a fair wage
5. At the close of Act One, what does Sheila work out from Gerald's reaction to the second name the girl used?
   That Gerald had spoken to the Inspector · That Gerald had visited her father's works · That Gerald wanted to end the engagement · That Gerald had known the girl himself

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Original questions written for Pagine. This book is in copyright, so questions paraphrase rather than quote it.