AIC Basics

Question 1

Mr Birling Descriptors

Answer 1

self-interested, arrogant, hard-headed
insecure, possessive

Question 2

Mrs Birling Descriptors

Answer 2

superior, haughty, proud, imperious, supercilious
willfully ignorant, austere, disdainful
‘a rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior’

Question 3

Eva Smith Descriptors

Answer 3

disenfranchised, vulnerable
righteous, virtuous, principled
integrity, decency

Question 4

Sheila Descriptors

Answer 4

good-natured, principled, altruistic, compassionate, honest
remorseful, immature, naive, sheltered
candor

Question 5

Eric Descriptors

Answer 5

• ‘half shy, half assertive’
• conflicted, weak-willed, emotional

Question 6

Inspector Goole

Answer 6

• supernatural
• detatched, transcendent,
• just, moral, fair