WorksheetsPygmalion
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 27mins
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
What does Pickering say he will do if Higgins succeeds with Liza?
Declare Henry the greatest teacher he has known.
Pay him one pound.
Marry Liza.
Pay him one hundred pounds.
Though Liza pronounces her words properly at the dinner party, what makes her seem odd nonetheless?
Her improper gestures.
Her stealing food in a napkin when she thinks no one is looking.
Her choice of topic.
Her strange cadence.
When she first sees him, Liza think Higgins is:
An uncle she had not seen for many years.
A judge who had sentenced her for loitering in the past.
A teacher she had known as a child.
A police officer that intends to arrest her.
Why does Liza want to learn how to speak "more genteel"?
So she can work at an indoor flower shop rather than selling them on the street.
So she can marry a wealthy man.
So she will be admitted to fine establishments.
So she can feel important.
How does Liza say she will support herself after the “experiment” is over?
She will depend on wealthy men.
She will go back to selling flowers.
She will get a job in a hotel.
She will teach phonetics.
Of what talent does Henry boast?
His proficiency at piano playing.
His ability to read minds.
His talent for turning street people into elegant members of society.
His ability to locate people within two miles of their homes in London based on their speech.
Who worries about Liza’s fate after the experiment is over?
Henry
Mrs. Pearce and Mrs. Higgins
Mr. Doolittle
Mr. Pickering
What is Henry writing when he meets Liza?
Notes about the performance he had just seen on his copy of the program.
A letter to his mother
Notes about Liza's speech patterns
A ticket for loitering
What does Liza's father say when Higgins asks if he has any morals?
"I'm too poor to afford morals."
"All morals ever did was keep me from doing what I wanted."
"Everyone has morals; me, included."
"Never were any use t' me."
Nepommuck accuses Liza of "faking" what?
Her gender
Her nationality
Her lineage
Her accent
