An Inspector Calls Act 2 Quiz (Act Two)

An Inspector Calls Act 2 questions

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

1. Where does Gerald say he first came across the girl?
   In the bar at the Palace Theatre · At a dance in the County Hotel · At the gates of Birling's works · In the street outside Milwards
2. What does Gerald say drew his attention to her in that bar?
   She was singing in the show that night · She was being pestered by an older man · She was serving drinks behind the bar · She stopped him to ask him for money
3. How does Sheila respond once Gerald has finished his account?
   She insists the Inspector invented it all · She orders him out of the house for good · She returns the ring but not for ever · She defends him against her parents
4. On what grounds did Mrs Birling turn the girl's appeal to the charity committee down?
   The fund had already helped the girl once · The girl would not say where she lived · The girl asked for more than was allowed · She resented the girl's use of her own name
5. Mrs Birling demands that the father of the child be held publicly to account. Why is this the turning point of Act Two?
   She unknowingly condemns her own son · It convinces the Inspector to leave · It proves Gerald fathered the child · It makes her husband admit his fault

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