Pygmalion Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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Pygmalion Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Liza read what Higgins writes?
(a) He uses a phonetic alphabet.
(b) It is written in a cryptic code.
(c) She is uneducated and has never learned how to read.
(d) It is written in French, a language she doesn't know.

2. What is one example Shaw gives of when people might want to change their accents?
(a) To win love.
(b) To become teachers.
(c) To play the Queen of Spain onstage.
(d) To meet monarchs such as the Queen of Spain.

3. Who is Henry Sweet?
(a) The editor of a monthly review.
(b) A phonetics expert whom Shaw admired.
(c) A high official who popularized the subject of phonetics.
(d) A sweet-tempered professor of language and literature.

4. What city is the setting of Shaw's play?
(a) Chicago.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

5. Which of the following best describes Higgins's profession?
(a) Phoneticist.
(b) Linguist.
(c) Sociologist.
(d) Playwright.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robert Bridges and what does he have in common with Higgins?

2. What can Higgins guess about people?

3. Which comment does Shaw make about the realism in his play?

4. Which best describes the first scene?

5. Based on what you read in the Preface, with which of the following statements do you think Shaw would agree?

(see the answer key)

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