Brit Lit Unit 2 Pygmalion Test

1. Why does the Mother offer the Flower Girl money after Freddy bumps into her and knocks her flowers down?

• to cover the cost of the flowers

• the Mother feels sorry for lower class people

• to get information about how the Flower Girl knows Freddy

• both A and C

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1. Why does the crowd become concerned with Higgins’ taking notes of the Flower Girl's speech?

• They think that he is a police informant.

• They think he is trying to take advantage of her.

• They think he is trying to steal her taxi.

• They think he wants to kidnap her.

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1. Eliza tells Higgins and Pickering that she wants to improve her speech in order to

• become a school teacher

• get a job in a flower shop

• marry a wealthy man.

• A. impress her father.

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1. What device did Shaw use to put a diverse crowd of people in the same place at the same time?

• a rainstorm that causes everyone to seek shelter

• a taxi cab stand

• A. a traffic jam that stops everything from moving

• a fire in the flower shop, which causes everyone to evacuate the building

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

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Higgins stereotypes Eliza based on all of the following EXCEPT her

• attire

• speech

• profession

• manners

• cleanliness

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1. All of the following statements about Henry Higgins are true except

• he is a teacher of phonetics.

• he is an attractive man in his forties.

• he is a man who sees everything as a scientific study.

• he is more interested in dating young women than in pursuing his work.

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What reason does Higgins give for deciding to take on the experiment with Eliza?

• A. He expects to profit financially from the experiment.

• A. The experiment will give him an opportunity to date Eliza.

• A. He feels sorry for Eliza.

• A. Because he feels it will be an unusual and interesting challenge-and one should take on such challenges.

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1. The bet between Pickering and Higgins is that Higgins will not be able to pass Eliza at

• an ambassador's ball

• A. a flower shop.

• A. his mother's open house.

• A. Buckingham Palace.

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1. Henry declares that he can pass Eliza off as a

• wife

• teacher

• flower girl

• duchess

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1. In ACT II, as Eliza threatens to leave, what does Higgins use to convince Eliza to stay?

• a date with a gentleman

• chocolate

• an offer of marriage

• a pair of slippers

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