Pygmalion

What famous story does Pygmalion derive its name from?

• Sophocles' Antigone

• Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

• Euripides's The Bacchae

• Ovid's Metamorphoses

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

• Himself

• Every woman he meets

• A statue he creates

• An anonymous painting

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Who is Higgins?

• a professor of Phonetics

• a professor of Language

• a professor of English

• a professor of Literature

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What does Eliza do when she meets Higgins?

• She sells flowers at Covent Garden.

• She collects her research data at Covent Garden.

• She studies English at a university in London

• She is on a date with Freddy at Covent Garden

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Why does Eliza want to learn English with Higgins?

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

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

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

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

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Why does Higgins agree to teach Eliza?

• Pickering makes a bet with him.

• Eliza tells Higgins that she will pay for lessons.

• Alfred Doolittle makes a bet with him.

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

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How does Higgins test if Eliza is presentable?

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

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

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

• He and Pickering take her to a social gathering.

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

• She is left alone.

• She is ignored by the two gentlemen.

• She does not know what to do.

• She wants to get married.

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

• Manners and nobility can be learned

• One's social class and manners are natural

• There is no possibility in social mobility.

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

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

• Through manners, language, appearance and eduaction.

• Through language, manners, appearance, and gender.

• Through appearance, language, intelligence, and occapution.

• Through occupation, manners, appearance, and educaion.

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