Key Quotations Flashcards
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Complete the quotation: “We are members of one body. We are …”
“… responsible for each other.” The Inspector’s final speech (Act 3).
Who warns that men will learn their lesson in “fire and blood and anguish”?
The Inspector, in his final speech (Act 3).
Which ship does Birling call “unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”?
The Titanic (Act 1).
Who calls himself “a hard-headed, practical man of business”?
Mr Birling (Act 1).
Who dismisses the idea of “community and all that nonsense”?
Mr Birling, just before the Inspector arrives (Act 1).
Who wants Gerald’s firm and his own to work together for “lower costs and higher prices”?
Mr Birling, at the engagement dinner (Act 1).
Who tells Birling “Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges”?
The Inspector.
Who says “Girls of that class”, dismissing Eva?
Mrs Birling (Act 2).
Who says “these girls aren’t cheap labour — they’re people”?
Sheila (Act 1).
Who says “He’s giving us the rope — so that we’ll hang ourselves”?
Sheila, about the Inspector.
Which character calls Gerald “the wonderful Fairy Prince”?
Sheila (Act 2).
Who says of the young, “They’re more impressionable”?
The Inspector, to Mrs Birling (Act 2).
Who says “each of you helped to kill her”?
The Inspector, before he leaves (Act 3).
Who tells his father “You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”?
Eric (Act 3).
Who mocks “the famous younger generation who know it all”?
Mr Birling (Act 3).
Who calls the Inspector “some sort of crank”?
Mr Birling, after the Inspector has gone (Act 3).