Which of the following best describes the mood at the beginning of the play?
0%
Sombre
0%
Violent
0%
Depressed
0%
Celebratory
Q.4.
Mr Birling comments, "Now you three young people, just listen to this - and remember what I'm telling you now. In twenty or thirty years' time - let's say, in 1940 - you may be giving a little party like this - your son or daughter might be getting engaged - and I tell you by that time you'll be living in a world that'll have forgotten all these Capital versus Labour agitations and all these silly little war scares." In terms of setting, what is significant about Mr Birling's remarks?
0%
His comments bring together the setting of the play with the first audience's knowledge of recent events
0%
His comments demonstrate his fatherly wisdom
0%
His remarks are only important because they demonstrate his inability to see into the future
0%
His remarks are not relevant to the setting of the play
Q.5.
Why is this date significant?
0%
The First World War has just ended
0%
The First World War will begin in two years
0%
The Second World War has just ended
0%
The Second World War has just begun
Q.6.
Which of the following is responsible for the tension evident in the opening scene?
0%
A conflict of ideas between the young and the old
0%
An anxiety over class differences
0%
Anxiety over socialism
0%
All of the above
Q.7.
Over what time period do the events of the play take place?
0%
One month
0%
One year
0%
One evening
0%
One decade
Q.8.
Which of the following is true of Brumley?
0%
It is an industrial city
0%
It is a small, pleasant village
0%
It is a suburb of London
0%
It is a small market town
Q.9.
Where does the action take place?
0%
In the local police department
0%
In Mr Birling's warehouse
0%
In Eva Smith's bedsit
0%
In the Birlings' house
Q.10.
The set furniture should be 'good', 'solid' and 'of the period', appropriate to a prosperous man such as Mr Birling. What effect is this furniture intended to create?
0%
That of a substantial and comfortable home
0%
That of a cosy and homelike place
0%
That of a cold and severe institution
0%
That of an orderly court of law
Support mcqgeeks.com by disabling your adblocker.
Please disable the adBlock and continue. Thank you.