Pygmalion Act IV

What is happening at the beginning of Act IV?

• Eliza, Higgins and Pickering are back from the garden party.

• Eliza is at the garden party fooling everyone.

• Higgins is teaching Eliza how to act like a lady.

• We are introduced to Mrs. Higgins' apartment

According to Higgins and Pickering, what happened at the garden party?

• Eliza gave herself away by talking about diphtheria.

• Higgins got upset and abruptly left the party.

• Eliza fooled everyone and Higgins won the bet.

• Pickering and Higgins spoke about phonetics at the party and nobody wanted to join them.

Why is Eliza upset?

• Higgins and Pickering won't stop talking about phonetics and they are rather annoying.

• Eliza does not get any recognition from Higgins. He ignores her efforts and says the whole thing was boring.

• She lost a diamond ring at the party.

• She is hangry.

What does Eliza tell Higgins after she throws the slippers at him?

• She tells Higgins that she is in love with him but he is too dumb to even notice.

• She regrets partaking in Higgins' experiment and wishes she had stayed 'in the gutter'.

• She just wants him to 'shut up about phonetics' as it is all he ever talks about.

• She does not like slippers and decides to throw them at him.

What does Higgins tell Eliza to calm her down when she asks what is to become of her?

• He says she might want to get married and that she is actually good looking when she is not crying.

• He says that she can work at Mrs. Higgins' house as she is looking for a new maid.

• He offers to marry her as long as she stops crying.

• He tells her to consider becoming a professor of phonetics just like him.

What is the significance of Eliza's question: "Do my clothes belong to me or to Pickering?"

• She is confused about the origins of the clothes.

• She wants to keep the clothes, so she asks whether they belong to her.

• She wants to return the clothes to Pickering right away.

• She is confused about her sense of self now that she has changed her appearance and her speech.

How does Higgins react towards Eliza's outburst?

• He laughs at her and calls her a bilious pigeon again.

• He is clearly hurt. He calls her an infamous creature and says she has wounded him to the heart.

• He reasons with Eliza and encourages her to continue to study phonetics as his assistant.

• He ignores her feelings and starts taking notes of her pronunciation.

What happens at the end of Act IV?

• They all calm down and share a bowl of spaghetti.

• Mrs. Pearce wakes up and scolds Higgins for treating Eliza poorly.

• Pickering enters the scene again and says that he is willing to fight for Eliza's honor.

• Higgins leaves slamming the door savagely as Eliza retrieves the ring from the fireplace.