Round 5: Tossup 10

Description acceptable. In a scene, this character “sharply” notes that a young woman “isn’t living on the moon.” At the end of the first act of the play he appears in, this character opens a door and looks “steadily and searchingly” before asking “well?” A man who tries to force this character to apologise for questioning him is told in response that “public men have responsibilities as well as privileges.” (-5[1])This character’s final speech declares that if people don’t learn that (10[1])“we are responsible for each other” (10[1])then they will (10[1])“be taught it in fire and blood (10[1])and anguish.” (10[1])For 10 points, identify this mysterious character who interrogates the Birling family about Eva Smith’s death in a J. B. Priestley play. ■END■

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