Pygmalion Act II Exercise Item at position 1
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Where is Act II set?

Higgins’s laboratory

Covent Garden

Piranesi’s museum

Pickering’s library
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When is Act II set?

in the afternoon

two days later

the next day at 11 a. m.

the following evening at 12 p. m.
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Who is working with Higgins?

Colonel Pickering

Mrs. Pearce

Eliza Doolittle

Alfred Doolittle
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Who is Higgins’s first visitor?

Mrs. Pearce

the landlord’s son

Alfred Doolittle

Eliza Doolittle
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When Eliza arrives, how has her appearance changed since Act I?

She is wearing fine clothing and lace gloves.

She has cleaned her apron and tidied her coat.

She is filthy from sleeping in the gutter.

She has discarded her ostrich feather hat.
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Why did Eliza want to see Professor Higgins?

She wants to return his money.

She wants to employ him to teach her how to speak.

She wants his help finding a French teacher.

She wants him to hire her for his flower shop.
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Higgins constantly tells Eliza to sit down. What does this show about Higgins character?

He does not like Eliza.

He will not help the girl.

He is bossy.

He is concerned for others’ feelings.
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Who is Mrs. Pearce?

Pickering’s old pupil

Higgins’s housekeeper

Eliza’s mother

Eliza’s landlady
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Mrs. Pearce is concerned about what will happen to Eliza after the experiment. What does this show about her character?

She is accustomed to being in charge.

She does not want another woman to take her place.

She is concerned with the welfare of others.

She is snooty and self-absorbed.
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Mrs. Pearce tells Higgins, “We shall have to be very particular with this girl as to personal cleanliness.” After he agrees with her, Mrs. Pearce begins reminding Higgins of his own poor manners. What does this tell the audience about Mrs. Pearce?

She is a proper, well-mannered woman.

She is very cunning in the way that she handles her relationship with Higgins.

She will not tolerate sloppiness and poor manners.

She is unwilling to take charge of a girl with no manners or upbringing.
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Who brought Eliza her luggage?

her father

her landlady

her landlady’s son

the taxi driver
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When Alfred Doolittle says that he wants his daughter, Higgins tells him to take her at once. What does this reveal about Higgins’s personality?

He does not want to interfere with family business.

He is uncaring and unattached to the girl.

He does not want to take the trouble to deal with Eliza.

He is smart and knows why Doolittle really came.
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What does Alfred Doolittle want from Higgins?

his daughter

money

speech lessons

a job
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What does Alfred Doolittle’s visit to Higgins’s home reveal about him?

He is a loving father who wants to find his daughter.

He is poor and uneducated.

He does not care for his daughter but only for himself.

He is stingy and mean-spirited.
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What does Alfred Doolittle think of his daughter?

She is ugly and will never marry.

She is able to take care of herself and does not need him.

She is not worth his trouble.

She will make a good housekeeper.
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How does Eliza’s appearance change from the beginning of Act II to the end of it?

She begins to look more like a woman than a child.

She is clean and dainty and nearly unrecognizable.

She is conceited and walks around as though she is queen.

She hides her appearance beneath her hat, so others cannot see her.
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Eliza says that she was afraid of the looking glass. What is a looking glass?

a mirror

a magnifying glass

a beautiful glass vase

a picture
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How does Alfred Doolittle suggest that Higgins help Eliza learn?

Hit her with a strap.

Speak kindly to her.

Give her money.

Send her away to school.
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Higgins tells Alfred Doolittle that it is his duty to come to see his daughter regularly and that he will have a clergyman help Alfred learn to speak with his daughter. Why does he tell Alfred this?

He is trying to mend the broken relationship between Alfred and Eliza.

He wants to make sure that Eliza is taken care of.

He wants to ensure that Eliza will have a home to go back to.

He is trying to make Alfred not want to come back.
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Eliza says the same phrase when she is mad, scared, upset and excited. What does she say?

Aw—ow—oo—ooh!

Garn.

I’m a good girl, I am.

You have no right.