Pygmalion Acts I-IV

When Freddy bumps into the Flower Girl at the opening of ACT I, Freddy’s mother is most concerned  with

• A. Freddy being attracted to the girl. 

   

• B. Freddy personally knowing the girl.  

• C. the girl being injured as a result of the collision.

• D. Freddy being rude and careless. 

• E. the girl stealing from Freddy.

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

• A. to cover the cost of the flowers 

   

   

• B. the Mother feels sorry for lower class people 

• C. to get information about Freddy

• D. both A and B

• E. both A and C

Which name does Liza call Freddy the first time that they meet each other? 

• A. Sir 

   

   

• B. Captain

• C. Mister 

• D. Johnny

• E. Freddy

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

• A. They think that he is a police informant. 

   

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

• C. They think he is trying to steal her taxi. 

• D. They think he wants to kidnap her. 

• E. They think he is attracted to her.

Higgins claims that English is the language of

• A. all mankind 

   

   

• B. kings and queens 

• C. Shakespeare, Milton, and the Bible

• D. the most educated  

• E. the wealthy

Liza tells Higgins and Pickering that she wants to improve her speech in order to

• A. become a school teacher. 

• B. get a job in a flower shop.  

• C. marry a wealthy man. 

• D. impress her father. 

• E. be considered upper class.

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

• A. a rainstorm that causes everyone to seek shelter 

   

   

• B. a taxi cab stand 

• C. a traffic jam that stops everything from moving 

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

• E. the closing of a street due to a medical emergency

 Higgins stereotypes Liza based on all of the following EXCEPT her

• A. attire. 

• B. speech. 

• C. profession. 

• D. manners. 

• E. cleanliness.

 All of the following statements about Henry Higgins are true except 

• A. he is a teacher of phonetics. 

• B. he is an attractive man in his forties. 

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

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

• E. he is a colleague of Colonel Pickering’s. 

 Which word best describes Shaw’s overall tone throughout Act I? 

• A. open 

• B. candid 

• C. critical 

• D. joyful 

• E. expectant