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Pygmalion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which word does not describe Henry Higgins?
a)
Note taker
b)
Poor
c)
Studies Phonetics
d)
Wealthy
2.

Professor Higgins's housekeeper who cares about Eliza's reputation.

a)

Mrs. Hill

b)

Miss Hill

c)

Mrs. Pearce

d)

Eliza Doolittle

3.

Gentleman who also helps train Eliza, who is gentle and kind.

a)

Colonel Pickering

b)

Henry Higgins

c)

Alfred Doolittle

d)

Count Nepommuck

4.

Flowergirl who is turned into a lady

a)

Mrs. Pearce

b)

Eliza Dolittle

c)

Clara Hill

d)

Mrs. Hill

5.

What is Higgins able to tell about each person on the street?

a)

Their age.

b)

Precisely where they are from.

c)

Their parents' names

d)

Their schooling

6.

The weather in the opening scene of Act I could best be described as

a)

Sunny

b)

Rainy

c)

Snowy

d)

Cloudy

7.

Eliza is initially introduced to the reader as

a)

The Mother

b)

The Daughter

c)

The Flower Girl

d)

The Waitress

8.

The play is set in

a)

London

b)

Rome

c)

Paris

d)

Madrid

9.

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

10.

What does Mr. Doolittle want from Higgins?

a)

Speaking lessons

b)

A job

c)

Money

d)

Food

11.

What is the inspiration for George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

A myth by Ovid

c)

Cinderella

d)

His wife

12.

Why does Higgins decide to attend his mother's "at home" day?

a)

because he misses his mom and wants to visit her

b)

because she invited him

c)

to test Eliza's new language and conversation skills

d)

to talk to his mother about getting Eliza a job

13.

Why is Eliza upset after the ball when they return to Higgins's house?

a)

Higgins refers to her like she is an object, and he speaks as if she isn't there.

b)

Pickering starts treating her like Higgins treats her.

c)

Doolittle has told her that he is marrying her sixth stepmother.

d)

Eliza and Freddy broke up.

14.

How is Doolittle different in Act V from the first time that the reader met him?

a)

He now works as a dustman for a different city.

b)

He is wealthy and dressed for a wedding.

c)

He is kind and gentle.

d)

He is losing his ability to interact with others.

15.

Who does Eliza thank for making her into "a lady"?

a)

Pickering

b)

Higgins

c)

Doolittle

d)

Herself

16.
Why does Alfred have to marry?
a)
His girlfriend is pregnant.
b)
His girlfriend wants his money.
c)
Middle class morality dictates that they should marry.
d)
His girlfriend is a wealthy heiress.
17.

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

18.
What is Mrs. Higgins' concern for Eliza?
a)
her relationship with her son
b)
her future
c)
her relationship with Pickering
d)
her relationship with Freddy
19.

Who wrote Pygmalion?

a)

Lindsey Stirling

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Arthur Miller

d)

George Bernard Shaw

20.

Who does Eliza say she's going to marry at the end of the play?

a)

Colonel Pickering

b)

Henry Higgins

c)

Freddy

d)

Alfred Doolittle