act 1

• when is act one?

  a spring evening in 1912
• what are the birling family celebrating?

  sheilas engagment
• what does sheila suspect about gerald?


  that he lost interest in her last summer
• who does Arthur give a speech to about busness?


  eric and gerald
• what does gerald say in his speech to eric and gerald?


  that every man should look after himself
• whats the inspector called?

  inspector goole
• what does inspecter goole say when he arrives?


  a women called eva smith has taken her own life by drinking disinfectant
• does inspecter goole question the family all together or one by one?


  one by one he questions the family members
• why did arthur birling sack eva smith from his factory?


  for striking in a protest against low wages
• what happens when the inspecter explains that eva smith changed her name to daisy renton?


  gerald appears shocked and eric leaves