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Pygmalion

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What famous story does Pygmalion derive its name from?

a)

Sophocles' Antigone

b)

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

c)

Euripides's The Bacchae

d)

Ovid's Metamorphoses

2.

In the original story, what does Pygmalion fall in love with?

a)

Himself

b)

Every woman he meets

c)

A statue he creates

d)

An anonymous painting

3.

Who is Higgins?

a)

a professor of Phonetics

b)

a professor of Language

c)

a professor of English

d)

a professor of Literature

4.

What does Eliza do when she meets Higgins?

a)

She sells flowers at Covent Garden.

b)

She collects her research data at Covent Garden.

c)

She studies English at a university in London

d)

She is on a date with Freddy at Covent Garden

5.

Why does Eliza want to learn English with Higgins?

a)

She wishes to talk like a lady in a flower shop.

b)

She wishes to talk to a lady in a flower shop.

c)

she wishes to get married to an owner of a flower shop.

d)

she wishes to buy some folwers from a lady in a flower shop

6.

Why does Higgins agree to teach Eliza?

a)

Pickering makes a bet with him.

b)

Eliza tells Higgins that she will pay for lessons.

c)

Alfred Doolittle makes a bet with him.

d)

Mrs. Pearce tells Higgins that she will pay for lessons.

7.

How does Higgins test if Eliza is presentable?

a)

He takes her to his mother's "at home" day.

b)

He lets her talk to his mother's guest and observes her behavior.

c)

He listens to his mother's opinion about Eliza's manner.

d)

He and Pickering take her to a social gathering.

8.

Why does Eliza get so upset after the ball in act 4?

a)

She is left alone.

b)

She is ignored by the two gentlemen.

c)

She does not know what to do.

d)

She wants to get married.

9.

What is a message Shaw seems to want to convey in terms of social class and manners?

a)

Manners and nobility can be learned

b)

One's social class and manners are natural

c)

There is no possibility in social mobility.

d)

Good and bad manners are just a matter of cultural habit.

10.

According to the play, how could one decieve the society about one's true social class?

a)

Through manners, language, appearance and eduaction.

b)

Through language, manners, appearance, and gender.

c)

Through appearance, language, intelligence, and occapution.

d)

Through occupation, manners, appearance, and educaion.