Pygmalion Review Section 1

What is the setting in Act 1?

• Covent Garden under the portico of St Paul's Church. It's raining and late at night. 
• Covent Garden under a building where people are selling goods. It is sunny and in the afternoon. 
• Covent Garden in the middle of the day under a shady oak tree. 
• Covent Garden on a clear full moon night in a cab. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

How does the Flower Girl react to the knowledge that a person is writing down everything she is saying?

• She laughs because she thinks that it is funny that someone is concerned with her business. 
• She is terrified because she thinks the unknown person is a policeman who is getting ready to charge her. 
• She is happy because there are people that want to buy her flowers. 
• She is angry and yells at the man for taking notes on her and runs into the street and gets hit by a car. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

How does the setting affect the plot of Section 1?

• The setting has no affect on the plot. 
• The sunshine makes everyone happy and willing to spend money on the Flower Girl's flowers. 
• The rain has made all the characters take shelter in the same place. The rains causes the Flower Girl to slip when she is hit by Freddy. 
• The snow has made all of the characters freezing cold and they are rushing to find shelter and cabs to get home safely. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The definition of "Amiable" is....?

• Assertiveness
• Kind
• Sensitive
• Closeness

Why does the author use phonetic spelling to convey the Flower Girl's dialect?

• He wants to show the world that he is a genius.
• The author is trying to show that the Flower Girl grew up in a small house.
• The author is trying to show the Flower Girl's version of English by spelling each word the way it sounds.
• The author is trying to show the reader that just because someone speaks differently does not mean we should treat them differently. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which inference fits best with what we learned about the Flower Girl in Section 1?

• She is clearly poor, because she is dirty, has shabby clothes, and hasn't had her teeth taken care of. 
• She is a woman who sells flowers for a living and sometimes she likes to walk around in the rain.
• She is a rich woman who is only selling flowers because she is bored and needed and an excuse to get out of the house. 
• She is neither rich nor poor and she enjoys walking the streets and handing out flowers for fee. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

What can we infer about the Note Taker after the interaction between him and the Flower Girl? 

• He is a cop who is going to probably take her to jail soon.
• He seems to have a good heart, but he's also a little rude.
• He is an angry old man who hates everyone and lives alone.
• He probably has 85 cats at his house that eat human food off of plates.