WorksheetsPygmalion Act I & II
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. Which of the following people is identified as Colonel Pickering?
A.The Bystander
B. The Note Taker
C. The Gentleman
D. The Flower Girl
2. In Act I, we learn that the Henry Higgins is a master of _________________.
A.The social classes
B. Phonetics
C. Proximity
D. The Victorian Era
3. Higgins is writing down what Liza says so…
A. he can study her speech
B. he can catch her lying
C. he can impress her
D. he can arrest her
4. What is Higgins' profession?
A.professor
B.officer
C.handyman
D.gentleman
Higgins amazes bystanders by
A. guessing where they're from
B.kissing Liza
C.standing on his head
D.hailing a cab
What is the Note Taker's real name?
A.Henry Higgins
B.Colonel Pickering
C.Freddy
D.Bob Huggins
Which inference fits best with what we learned about the Flower Girl in Act 1?
A. She is a woman who sells flowers for a living and sometimes she likes to walk around in the rain.
B. 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.
C. She is neither rich nor poor and she enjoys walking the streets and handing out flowers for a fee.
D. She is clearly poor, because she is dirty, has shabby clothes, and hasn't had her teeth taken care of.
Members of different social classes speak different _______________.
A.Rhymes
B.Rules
C.Dialects
D.Synonyms
What is the setting of act two?
A.Higgins's house/laboratory
B.Covent Garden
C.Eliza's home
D.Mrs. Higgins's home
In Act 2, what does Eliza want when she appears at Henry Higgins' home and laboratory?
A.An abundance of wealth
B. To become a duchess
C.Lessons from Higgins to work in a flower shop
D. To become Pickering's wife
What does Mr. Doolittle want from Higgins?
A.Speaking lessons
B.A job
C.Money
D.Food
Who is Mrs. Pearce?
A.Pickering's sister
B.Henry’s mother
C.School teacher
D.Henry's Housekeeper
Which word does not describe Henry Higgins?
A.Notetaker
B.Poor
C. Studies Phonetics
D.Wealthy
What inspired George Bernard Shaw to write the Pygmalion play?
Karl Marx
A myth by Ovid
Cinderella
His wife
Which word best describes George Bernard Shaw?
A. Care-giver
B. Roman Poet
C. Polemicist
D. Psychologist
