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Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 25mins
The play opens on
a sunny morning
a snowy winter afternoon
a moonlit night
a rainy night
Who knocks Eliza's flowers into the mud?
Mr. Doolittle
Freddy
a taxi driver
Higgins
Colonel Pickering has come from
America
Australia
India
Ireland
The play's rising action begins when
Eliza speaks with Colonel Pickering.
Mrs. Eynsford Hill buys a flower from Eliza.
Higgins makes a boast.
Eliza takes a taxi ride.
Eliza pretends that she is taking the taxi to
Buckingham Palace
the beach.
the local debtors' prison.
an art museum
Eliza has a friend who took lessons in
etiquette.
French.
Spanish.
ballroom dancing.
Eliza comes to Higgins's home because she wants to be
a member of the royalty.
free of her father's influence.
a good wife and mother.
a salesperson in a flower shop.
Eliza is terrified when she must
climb two flights of stairs.
speak into scientific equipment.
feed a canary.
take a bath.
Who questions Higgins about his integrity with women?
Mrs. Pearce
Pickering
Mrs. Higgins
Mr. Doolittle
Who offers to pay all the costs if the experiment succeeds?
Higgins
Mrs. Pearce
Pickering
Mrs. Higgins
In his epilogue, Shaw insists that Eliza will marry
Pickering.
Higgins.
Freddy.
no one
The play is based on a Greek myth about
a swan.
a sculptor.
a maze.
golden fleece
According to the play, people's appearances
are absolutely insignificant.
are the only things that matter.
can be deceiving.
are important, but what is under the surface also matters
Describing Higgins' domineering ways, Eliza compares him to a
gorilla.
thunderstorm.
devil.
bus.
Eliza takes refuge at
the place where she used to sell flowers.
her father's house.
Mrs. Higgins' home.
a nearby church
What does Eliza throw at Higgins?
(a)
What does Eliza say she should have inherited from her aunt?
(a)
At the big embassy party, Eliza
passes as royalty.
is exposed as a Cockney flower girl.
is interviewed for a job in a flower shop.
agrees to marry Freddy
What does Eliza toss into the fireplace?
(a)
Who does Eliza credit for the fact that she has become a lady?
Pickering
Mrs. Higgins
Freddy
Mr. Doolittle
At Mrs. Higgins' at-home, Eliza must confine herself to the following two subjects:
religion and politics.
ladies' fashions and the weather.
the weather and health.
nutrition and poverty.
Who is sent to find a taxi?
Freddy
Pickering
Clara
a bystander
Higgins is writing down Eliza's speech so that he can
turn her into the officer
study her speech
arrest her
catch her lying
Higgins amazes bystanders by
guessing where they are originally from
performing magic tricks
kissing Eliza
standing on his head
Pickering listens to phonemes on a
tape recorder
phonograph
CD
yukelele
How does Higgins's convince Eliza to stay after he is rude to her?
(a)
What has happened to Doolittle?
He became wealthy due to Higgins's recommendation
He lost all his money while drinking
His girlfriend proposed to him
He became wealthy by luck
According to Eliza, what is the difference between a lady and a flower girl?
Their speech
Their speech
Their money
The way they are treated
Why does Eliza want to marry Freddy?
He is rich
He treats her with kindness
He loves her more than she loves him
She is smarter than him
What social system did Shaw support?
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
Dictatorship
What character in Ovid's poems is Shaw's play based on?
Pygmalion
Galatea
Icarus
Theseaus
Shaw was an advocate for...
spelling reform
alphabet reforma
women's rights
All of them are correct
What award was Bernard Shaw awarded?
(a)
What are the main themes in Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion?
(a)
What does the flower shop symbolize?
(a)
When is the play set? (Historical background/moment)
(a)
When was Pygmalion both written and published? (provide a date)
(a)
Which type of comedy/subgenre is George Bernard Shaw portraying in the play?
(a)
