wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

jdfjhnghsgh

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The play opens on

a)

a sunny morning

b)

a snowy winter afternoon

c)

a moonlit night

d)

a rainy night

2.

Who knocks Eliza's flowers into the mud?

a)

Mr. Doolittle

b)

Freddy

c)

a taxi driver

d)

Higgins

3.

Colonel Pickering has come from

a)

America

b)

Australia

c)

India

d)

Ireland

4.

The play's rising action begins when

a)

Eliza speaks with Colonel Pickering.

b)

Mrs. Eynsford Hill buys a flower from Eliza.

c)

Higgins makes a boast.

d)

Eliza takes a taxi ride.

5.

Eliza pretends that she is taking the taxi to

a)

Buckingham Palace

b)

the beach.

c)

the local debtors' prison.

d)

an art museum

6.

Eliza has a friend who took lessons in

a)

etiquette.

b)

French.

c)

Spanish.

d)

ballroom dancing.

7.

Eliza comes to Higgins's home because she wants to be

a)

a member of the royalty.

b)

free of her father's influence.

c)

a good wife and mother.

d)

a salesperson in a flower shop.

8.

Eliza is terrified when she must

a)

climb two flights of stairs.

b)

speak into scientific equipment.

c)

feed a canary.

d)

take a bath.

9.

Who questions Higgins about his integrity with women?

a)

Mrs. Pearce

b)

Pickering

c)

Mrs. Higgins

d)

Mr. Doolittle

10.

Who offers to pay all the costs if the experiment succeeds?

a)

Higgins

b)

Mrs. Pearce

c)

Pickering

d)

Mrs. Higgins

11.

In his epilogue, Shaw insists that Eliza will marry

a)

Pickering.

b)

Higgins.

c)

Freddy.

d)

no one

12.

The play is based on a Greek myth about

a)

a swan.

b)

a sculptor.

c)

a maze.

d)

golden fleece

13.

According to the play, people's appearances

a)

are absolutely insignificant.

b)

are the only things that matter.

c)

can be deceiving.

d)

are important, but what is under the surface also matters

14.

Describing Higgins' domineering ways, Eliza compares him to a

a)

gorilla.

b)

thunderstorm.

c)

devil.

d)

bus.

15.

Eliza takes refuge at

a)

the place where she used to sell flowers.

b)

her father's house.

c)

Mrs. Higgins' home.

d)

a nearby church

16.

What does Eliza throw at Higgins?

(a)  

17.

What does Eliza say she should have inherited from her aunt?



(a)  

18.

At the big embassy party, Eliza

a)

passes as royalty.

b)

is exposed as a Cockney flower girl.

c)

is interviewed for a job in a flower shop.

d)

agrees to marry Freddy

19.

What does Eliza toss into the fireplace?

(a)  

20.

Who does Eliza credit for the fact that she has become a lady?

a)

Pickering

b)

Mrs. Higgins

c)

Freddy

d)

Mr. Doolittle

21.

At Mrs. Higgins' at-home, Eliza must confine herself to the following two subjects:

a)

religion and politics.

b)

ladies' fashions and the weather.

c)

the weather and health.

d)

nutrition and poverty.

22.

Who is sent to find a taxi?

a)

Freddy

b)

Pickering

c)

Clara

d)

a bystander

23.

Higgins is writing down Eliza's speech so that he can

a)

turn her into the officer

b)

study her speech

c)

arrest her

d)

catch her lying

24.

Higgins amazes bystanders by

a)

guessing where they are originally from

b)

performing magic tricks

c)

kissing Eliza

d)

standing on his head

25.

Pickering listens to phonemes on a 

a)

tape recorder

b)

phonograph

c)

CD

d)

yukelele

26.

How does Higgins's convince Eliza to stay after he is rude to her?



(a)  

27.

What has happened to Doolittle?

a)

He became wealthy due to Higgins's recommendation

b)

He lost all his money while drinking

c)

His girlfriend proposed to him

d)

He became wealthy by luck

28.

According to Eliza, what is the difference between a lady and a flower girl?

a)

Their speech

b)

Their speech

c)

Their money

d)

The way they are treated

29.

Why does Eliza want to marry Freddy?

a)

He is rich

b)

He treats her with kindness

c)

He loves her more than she loves him

d)

She is smarter than him

30.

What social system did Shaw support?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Dictatorship

31.

What character in Ovid's poems is Shaw's play based on?

a)

Pygmalion

b)

Galatea

c)

Icarus

d)

Theseaus

32.

Shaw was an advocate for...

a)

spelling reform

b)

alphabet reforma

c)

women's rights

d)

All of them are correct

33.

What award was Bernard Shaw awarded?



(a)  

34.

What are the main themes in Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion?

(a)  

35.

What does the flower shop symbolize?

(a)  

36.

When is the play set? (Historical background/moment)

(a)  

37.

When was Pygmalion both written and published? (provide a date)

(a)  

38.

Which type of comedy/subgenre is George Bernard Shaw portraying in the play?

(a)