An Inspector Calls: Act Two Comprehension Quiz + Literary Techniques

Question 1

Why does the front door slam?

Accepted Answer

Eric left

Question 2

The Inspector asks Mrs. Birling, "Do you want me to tell you - [blank]?"

Accepted Answer

"in plain words"

Question 3

What does Eric encounter just before the curtain falls?

Accepted Answer

Inquiring stares

Question 4

Which character experiences angnorisis in acts one and two?

Accepted Answer

Sheila

Question 5

What lie did Eva initially tell the committee?

Accepted Answer

That she was married

Question 6

"We have to share something. If there's nothing else, we'll have to share [BLANK]."

Accepted Answer

our guilt

Question 7

Who does Mrs. Birling first claim is to blame for Eva's situation?

Accepted Answer

Eva

Question 8

Who says, 'You mustn't try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl'?

Accepted Answer

Sheila

Question 9

What word, which Sheila calls "silly", does Mrs. Birling use to describe the Inspector and Eva?

Accepted Answer

Impertinent

Question 10

Sheila says Gerald thinks she wants to stay in the room for what reason?

Accepted Answer

She is selfish and vindictive

Question 11

Which is NOT one of the ways that her parents dismiss Sheila's behaviour?

Accepted Answer

"She cares too much."

Question 12

Which term refers to the recognition of what one has been blind to?

Accepted Answer

Anagnorisis

Question 13

Who says, "I don't suppose for a moment we can understand why the girl committed suicide"?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Birling

Question 14

What clue does Eva give about the identity of the father?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 15

Why is Birling worried about Mrs. Birling having turned Eva away?

Accepted Answer

It will look bad in the press

Question 16

What is the Inspector's reply to Sheila saying, "I don't understand about you"?

Accepted Answer

"There's no reason why you should."

Question 17

How does the Inspector's language change when dealing with Mrs. Birling?

Accepted Answer

It becomes more interrogative

Question 18

"And you think young women ought to be protected against [BLANK] and [BLANK] things?"

Accepted Answer

unpleasant, disturbing

Question 19

Who asks, "Where did you get the idea that I did know her?"

Accepted Answer

Gerald

Question 20

Which of these is NOT one of the stage directions referring to Mrs. Birling's entrance?

Accepted Answer

nervously

Question 21

"Public men, Mr. Birling, have [blank] as well as [blank]."

Accepted Answer

responsibilities, privileges

Question 22

What piece of information does the Inspector reveal after interrogating Mrs. Birling?

Accepted Answer

Eva was pregnant

Question 23

Where did Gerald meet Eva?

Accepted Answer

The Palace Bar

Question 24

Who was the father of Eva's baby?

Accepted Answer

Eric

Question 25

Mrs. Birling is a prominent member of which charity?

Accepted Answer

Brumley Women's Charity Organization

Question 26

In her diary, why did Eva say she needed to go away?

Accepted Answer

'just to make it last longer'

Question 27

Which is NOT one of the classical unities ascribed to theatre that Priestley uses?

Accepted Answer

Character

Question 28

To whom does Gerald say, "I didn't install her there so I could make love to her"?

Accepted Answer

The Inspector

Question 29

How do Mr. and Mrs. Birling react when Goole says that soon he will have to go and find Eric?

Accepted Answer

They exchange bewildered and frightened glances

Question 30

Why does Sheila say to Gerald, "I rather respect you more than I've ever done before"?

Accepted Answer

At least he's been honest

Question 31

What word(s) end(s) Act One and start(s) Act Two?

Accepted Answer

Well?

Question 32

What would Sheila and Gerald need to do if they were to resume their engagement?

Accepted Answer

Get to know each other

Question 33

What stage direction describes Mrs. Birling's reaction to finding out Eric drinks pretty hard?

Accepted Answer

(staggered)

Question 34

What is the Inspector's reply when Mrs. Birling says, "I don't understand you, Inspector"?

Accepted Answer

"You mean you don't choose to, Mrs. Birling."

Question 35

Mrs. Birling tells the Inspector, "You have no power to [blank]"

Accepted Answer

make me change my mind

Question 36

"[BLANK], I did nothing I'm ashamed of or that won't bear investigation."

Accepted Answer

"Unlike the other three"

Question 37

What does Sheila sarcastically call Gerald?

Accepted Answer

wonderful Fairy Prince

Question 38

Inspector: If he is, then we know what do do, don't we? [BLANK]

Accepted Answer

"Mrs. Birling has just told us."

Question 39

What is the term for the technique where the audience knows something the characters do not?

Accepted Answer

Dramatic irony

Question 40

What does Mrs. Birling NOT suggest be done to the father if the money was stolen?

Accepted Answer

"force him to marry the girl"

Question 41

Where is the play set?

Accepted Answer

Brumley

Question 42

Inspector: (sternly) I warn you, [BLANK]

Accepted Answer

"You're only making it worse for yourself."

Question 43

What does Mrs. Birling admit?

Accepted Answer

That she was prejudiced against Eva's case

Question 44

How is Alderman Meggarty described?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 45

The Inspector says, "We often do on [BLANK]. They're more impressionable."

Accepted Answer

the young ones

Question 46

Sheila says, "we've no excuse now for [BLANK]"

Accepted Answer

putting on airs

Question 47

How does Mrs. Birling excuse Eric's drunkenness that night?

Accepted Answer

"He's only a boy."

Question 48

Sheila says, "We really must stop these [BLANK]"

Accepted Answer

silly pretences

Question 49

What is the term for using a pleasant word in place of an unpleasant term or idea?

Accepted Answer

Euphemism

Question 50

Why did Eva refuse money from the father of her child?

Accepted Answer

It was stolen

Question 51

Gerald says Eva was "young and pretty and warm-hearted - and [BLANK]"

Accepted Answer

"intensely grateful"

Question 52

What did Eva do after Gerald broke it off?

Accepted Answer

Went to the seaside for two months

Question 53

Dramatic irony is used to great effect with what character in act two?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Birling

Question 54

Which term refers to fatal pride or arrogance?

Accepted Answer

Hubris

Question 55

"She was claiming [BLANK] that were simply absurd in a girl in her position."

Accepted Answer

"elaborate fine feelings and scruples"

An Inspector Calls: Act Two Comprehension Quiz + Literary Techniques

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An Inspector Calls: Act Two Comprehension Quiz + Literary Techniques

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