AQA English Revision

Paper 2 · Section A

An Inspector Calls

  • J. B. Priestley
  • First performed 1945, set in 1912
  • 3 acts
  • 30 marks + 4 for spelling, punctuation and grammar
  • No extract: you choose one of two questions

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The Inspector standing in the doorway of the Birlings' dining room

The plot in three acts

Plot Recap →
  1. The Birling family raising port glasses at an engagement dinner

    Act 1

    • Family celebrating
    • Mr Birling lectures Gerald and Eric
    • Inspector arrives
    • Mr Birling is interrogated
    • Sheila is interrogated
    • A suggestion of Gerald's guilt
  2. Mrs Birling, arms folded, facing the Inspector

    Act 2

    • Gerald is interrogated
    • Mrs Birling is interrogated
    • Eric is returns
  3. A telephone ringing in an empty, dimly lit room

    Act 3

    • Eric is interrogated
    • Inspector's closing speech
    • Gerald returns and suggests the inspector wasn't real
    • The family get a phone call from the police

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