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WorksheetsPygmalion Act 1 Quizziz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The older woman is angry because she thinks the the flower girl knows her son.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
It is a sunny day , and a crowd of people are at London's Covent Garden market for a concert.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The flower girl calls the son Freddy, because for her that is just a way to say John Doe or some other general name.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What is the play named after?
a)
The small city where the Flower Girl is from.
b)
The place in India, where Pickering learned about Indian accents
c)
The native dialect
d)
The ancient Greek myth, about a sculptor who creates a perfect woman by sculpting a statue.
5.
Members of different social classes speak different _______________.
a)
Rhymes
b)
Rules
c)
Dialects
d)
Synonyms
6.
Who do we learn is Colonel Pickering?
a)
The Bystander
b)
The Note Taker
c)
The Gentleman
d)
The Flower Girl
7.
What is the Note Taker's real name?
a)
Henry Higgens
b)
Colonel Pickering
c)
Freddy
d)
Harry Higgens
8.
In Act I, we learn that the Henry Higgens is a master of _________________.
a)
The social classes
b)
Phonetics
c)
Proximity
d)
The Victorian Era
9.
What is an appropriate word to describe Colonel Pickering?
a)
Strange
b)
Arrogant
c)
Clueless
d)
Amiable
10.
Higgins amazes bystanders by
a)
A. guessing where they're from
b)
B.kissing Liza
c)
C.standing on his head
d)
D.hailing a cab
11.
Which inference fits best with what we learned about the Flower Girl in Act 1?
a)
A. She is a woman who sells flowers for a living and sometimes she likes to walk around in the rain.
b)
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)
C. She is neither rich nor poor and she enjoys walking the streets and handing out flowers for a fee.
d)
D. She is clearly poor, because she is dirty, has shabby clothes, and hasn't had her teeth taken care of.
12.
Choose the correct word for the following definition:
Phonetic
Phonetic
a)
Defined by sound
b)
Hard to understand
13.
What is the setting in Act 1?
a)
Covent Garden under the portico of St Paul's Church. It's raining and late at night.
b)
Covent Garden under a building where people are selling goods. It is sunny and in the afternoon.
c)
Covent Garden in the middle of the day under a shady oak tree.
d)
Covent Garden on a clear full moon night in a cab.
14.
How does the Flower Girl react to the knowledge that a person is writing down everything she is saying?
a)
She laughs because she thinks that it is funny that someone is concerned with her business.
b)
She is terrified because she thinks the unknown person is a policeman who is getting ready to charge her.
c)
She is happy because there are people that want to buy her flowers.
d)
She is angry and yells at the man for taking notes on her and runs into the street and gets hit by a car.
15.
How does the setting affect the plot of Section 1?
a)
The setting has no affect on the plot.
b)
The sunshine makes everyone happy and willing to spend money on the Flower Girl's flowers.
c)
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.
d)
The snow has made all of the characters freezing cold and they are rushing to find shelter and cabs to get home safely.
16.
Why does the author use phonetic spelling to convey the Flower Girl's dialect?
a)
He wants to show the world that he is a genius.
b)
The author is trying to show that the Flower Girl grew up in a small house.
c)
The author is trying to show the Flower Girl's version of English by spelling each word the way it sounds.
d)
The author is trying to show the reader that just because someone speaks differently does not mean we should treat them differently.
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