Question 1

"At its core, the play is a ______________________ of _______________________________________…" (responsibility)

Accepted Answer

"At its core, the play is a didactic exploration of collective social responsibility…"

Question 2

Priestley argues that _________________________ within a ________________________________ (responsibility)

Accepted Answer

Priestley argues that individual actions exist within a web of social consequence

Question 3

The Inspector's interrogation _____________________________________________that the __________  no ___________________ for the poor (responsibility)

Accepted Answer

The Inspector's interrogation dismantles the comfortable fiction that the wealthy bear no responsibility for the poor

Question 4

Each _____________________________ to the Inspector's ___________________ reveals the__________________ of their _____________________ (responsibility)

Accepted Answer

Each character's response to the Inspector's revelations reveals the true measure of their moral character

Question 5

Priestley exposes the__________________________of Edwardian England as a________________________________ (Social inequality)

Accepted Answer

Priestley exposes the rigid class hierarchy of Edwardian England as a system built on exploitation

Question 6

The Birlings' wealth is shown to be _____________ from the _________________________________________ (Social inequality)

Accepted Answer

The Birlings' wealth is shown to be inseparable from the suffering of those below them

Question 7

Social class functions as ___ _______________________ ____________ ___ throughout the play (Social inequality)

Accepted Answer

Social class functions as both a weapon and a blindfold throughout the play

Question 8

Through Eva Smith, Priestley gives a _________________________________________________________________ (Social inequality)

Accepted Answer

Through Eva Smith, Priestley gives a human face to the abstract statistics of poverty

Question 9

Women in the play occupy a _________________________, ________________ of ______________________________. (Gender inequality)

Accepted Answer

Women in the play occupy a precarious position, subject to the judgement of both class and gender

Question 10

Eva is destroyed_____________________ but ___________________________________of Edwardian society (Gender inequality)

Accepted Answer

Eva is destroyed not only by poverty but by the sexual double standards of Edwardian society

Question 11

Priestley ___________________a world in which ______________________________________________ (Gender inequality)

Accepted Answer

Priestley subtly critiques a world in which women's survival depends on the mercy of men

Question 12

Sheila begins as a ____________________ but gradually _______________________that ________________________________. (Gender inequality)

Accepted Answer

Sheila begins as a passive figure but gradually asserts a moral authority that surpasses the men around her

Question 13

The play enacts a __________________________between____________________ and the ______________________________ (Generational divide)

Accepted Answer

The play enacts a generational battle between entrenched privilege and the possibility of reform

Question 14

Priestley draws a __________________ between those __________________________ and ____________________________________(Generational divide)

Accepted Answer

Priestley draws a sharp distinction between those capable to change and those unwilling to attempt it

Question 15

The older Birlings' _______________________ represents ___________________________________________________ (Generational divide)

Accepted Answer

The older Birlings' retreat into denial represents the wilful conservatism Priestley deplored

Question 16

Sheila and Eric's_______________________suggests that the younger generation may yet____________________  (Generational divide)

Accepted Answer

Sheila and Eric's openness to guilt suggests that the younger generation may yet redeem society

Question 17

The Inspector's method is to make ______________________________________________________________( guilt)

Accepted Answer

The Inspector's method is to make private guilt a matter of public reckoning

Question 18

Those who _____________ in the play are shown _______________________________________________________________ ( guilt)

Accepted Answer

Those who resist guilt in the play are shown to be the most morally compromised

Question 19

Sheila's ________________________ __________________with her mother's _________________________________   ( guilt)

Accepted Answer

Sheila's immediate remorse contrasts sharply with her mother's sustained denial

Question 20

Priestley suggests that _________________,_____________ is the ___________________________________________ (guilt)

Accepted Answer

Priestley suggests that conscience, not law, is the true measure of a person's worth

Question 21

The older Birlings treat__________ as a ___________to ___________ rather than a _______________________ ( guilt)

Accepted Answer

The older Birlings treat guilt as a threat to reputation rather than a moral signal

Question 22

For Sheila and Eric, guilt is ___________ — it ______________________________________  ( guilt)

Accepted Answer

For Sheila and Eric, guilt is productive — it leads to genuine moral growth

Question 23

Mr and Mrs Birling represent an______________________________________________________________ (Generational divide)

Accepted Answer

Mr and Mrs Birling represent an older generation unwilling to question the system that benefits them

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