Pygmalion Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Pygmalion Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Liza's father's profession?
(a) Taxicab driver.
(b) Bartender.
(c) Trash collector.
(d) Thief.

2. Where does Liza tell Freddy she is going at the end of Act 1?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) To see Higgins.
(c) Home.
(d) To jump in the river.

3. What surprises Mrs. Pearce?
(a) Liza has no underwear.
(b) Liza has only one change of clothing to her name.
(c) Liza's clothing is torn and dirty.
(d) Liza never wears pajamas; she sleeps in her underwear.

4. What are the Pitman and Gregg systems?
(a) Phonetic alphabets.
(b) Early dictaphones.
(c) Popular systems of shorthand.
(d) Successful business organizations.

5. What does Higgins notice about Liza's father, Doolittle?
(a) He has the same horrible accent as Liza.
(b) He seems cruel and conniving.
(c) He has a natural talent with language.
(d) Despite his poverty, he seems like an honest fellow.

6. Which of the following describes Liza's home?
(a) She is homeless and sleeps in an alley.
(b) She sleeps in a suburban kitchen with a fireplace.
(c) A dirty shack she shares with her whole family.
(d) A small, shabby room in an alley.

7. What does Liza want to do after her bath?
(a) Change back into her old clothes since she feels uncomfortable this way.
(b) Start her lessons immediately.
(c) Go out and show off her new clothes.
(d) Have a serious talk with her father.

8. How much money does Doolittle demand from Higgins in exchange for his daughter?
(a) Five pounds.
(b) One hundred pounds.
(c) Ten pounds.
(d) Fifty pounds.

9. On what basis do some English people despise others?
(a) Whether they are foreign or native-born citizens.
(b) Their socioeconomic class.
(c) Their level of education.
(d) Their accents or dialects of English.

10. Which comment does Shaw make about the realism in his play?
(a) Realism is not to be found in the theater.
(b) A transformation like the one made by the heroine is obviously not possible in real life.
(c) A transformation like the one made by the heroine is very possible in real life.
(d) Realism is the only style that can be respected in the theater.

11. Why does Shaw's attempt to help Sweet fail?
(a) Sweet only writes libelous articles against his fellow academics.
(b) Sweet has no interest in promoting his ideas to the public.
(c) Sweet dies before he can see the play.
(d) Sweet looks down on the theater as unacademic.

12. What should happen with the spelling of the English language, according to Shaw?
(a) It should be emphasized more in school so that everyone can learn to spell correctly.
(b) It should be made as phonetic as Spanish.
(c) Standardized spelling should disregarded as unnecessary; people should simply sound out words and apply the approximate phonetic spelling.
(d) It should be simplified to get rid of silent letters.

13. According to Shaw, what can people do to get rid of their low-class accents?
(a) People should not try to get rid of their low-class accents; they should be proud of the way they speak.
(b) They must be trained by a phonetics expert.
(c) It cannot be done in real life.
(d) They should imitate people who speak proper English.

14. What does Higgins tempt Liza with just as she is about to leave?
(a) A diamond ring.
(b) New clothes.
(c) A chocolate.
(d) A purse full of coins.

15. How does the Flower Girl know Freddy's name?
(a) She doesn't; she calls all young men "Freddy" or "Charlie."
(b) She has seen him somewhere before.
(c) They are secretly lovers.
(d) She heard the women call him by that name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What insulting term does Higgins use to describe Liza in Act 2?

2. What is the strange man (Higgins) doing behind the pillar?

3. What does Higgins give Liza in Act 2 when she begins to cry?

4. What mistake does Liza make in the bathroom?

5. Of what does Mrs. Pearce warn Higgins?

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