plumiAn Inspector Calls: Edexcel GCSE English Literature questions
Every Edexcel GCSE English Literature exam question on An Inspector Calls, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 18 questions on An Inspector Calls, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q7 (40 marks): Mrs Birling: (To EDNA, who is about to go, with tray.) All right, Edna. I’ll ring from the drawing-room when we want coffee. Probably in about half an hour. Edn
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q8 (40 marks): Sheila: (half serious, half playful) Yes – except for all last summer, when you never came near me, and I wondered what had happened to you. (speaking to Gerald
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q7 (40 marks): Inspector: … she’d used more than one name. But her original name – her real name – was Eva Smith. Explore how Eva Smith/Daisy Renton is significant in An Inspe
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q8 (40 marks): Sheila: I got that girl sacked from Milwards. And now you’ve made up your mind I must obviously be a selfish, vindictive creature. In what ways is selfishness i
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q7 (40 marks): Sheila: I have an idea – and I had it all along vaguely – that there was something curious about him. He never seemed like an ordinary police inspector. In what
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q8 (40 marks): Sheila: You’re squiffy. Eric: I’m not. Mrs Birling: What an expression, Sheila! Really the things you girls pick up these days! Explore the importance of the yo
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q7 (40 marks): Inspector: This girl killed herself – and died a horrible death. But each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it. Explain how the chain of ev
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q8 (40 marks): Birling: (angrily) Look here, Inspector, I consider this uncalled-for and officious. I’ve half a mind to report you. In what ways is anger significant in An Ins
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q7 (40 marks): Mrs Birling: I don’t suppose for a moment that we can understand why the girl committed suicide. Girls of that class – Explore the importance of Mrs Sybil Birli
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q8 (40 marks): Birling: Already we’ve discovered one important fact – that that fellow was a fraud and we’ve been hoaxed – How is appearance significant in An Inspector Calls?
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q7 (40 marks): Mrs Birling: …you have no power to make me change my mind. Inspector: Yes I have. Explain the importance of power in An Inspector Calls. You must refer to the c
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q8 (40 marks): Gerald: I drink to you – and hope I can make you as happy as you deserve to be. Explore how the relationship between Gerald Croft and Sheila Birling changes thr
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q7 (40 marks): Eric: Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble. Explore the importance of the Birling family relationships in An Inspector
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q8 (40 marks): Birling: There’s no Inspector Goole on the police. That man definitely wasn’t a police inspector. In what ways is the Inspector significant in the play? You mu
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q7 (40 marks): Eric: Well, she hadn’t a job – and didn’t feel like trying again for one – and she had no money left… Explore the significance of money in An Inspector Calls. Y
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q8 (40 marks): Birling: I speak as a hard-headed business man, who has to take risks and knows what he’s about… In what ways is Mr Arthur Birling important throughout the play
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q7 (40 marks): Sheila: I know I’m to blame – and I’m desperately sorry… It’s simply my fault. Explore the importance of guilty consciences in the play. You must refer to the c
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q8 (40 marks): Gerald: I’m sorry, Sheila. But it was all over and done with, last summer. I hadn’t set eyes on the girl for at least six months. Explore the significance of Ge
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