1. Where does the action take place?

2. Which of the following is responsible for the tension evident in the opening scene?

3. Why is this date significant?

4. Which of the following best describes the mood at the beginning of the play?

5. An Inspector Calls is set in which country?

6. Which of the following is true of Brumley?

7. 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 Labor agitations and all these silly little war scares.' In terms of setting, what is significant about Mr Birling's remarks?

8. 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?

9. Over what time period do the events of the play take place?

10. The play is set during which year?