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MAGADH MAHILA COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Question Bank on

Pygmalion

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1.) Pygmalion was published in

a) 1912 b) 1914 c) 1913 d) 1911

2.) Higgins is the professor of

a) Phonetics b) Science c) English d) None of the above

3.) Higgins’s Laboratory is situated in

a) Tottenham Court Road b) Drury Lane c) Buckingham Palace d) Wimpole Street

4.) How many distinct vowel sounds Higgins can pronounce

a) 24 b) 100 c) 130 d) 105

5.) For how many months Eliza was supposed to live in Higgins’s house

a) Three b) One c) Four d) Six

6.) What did Eliza wear after bathing

a) Blue Kimono b) Chinese Dress c) Indian Dress d) American Dress

7.) Alfred Doolittle visited Higgins’s house

a) To take his daughter back b) To meet her c) To ask for money d) To scold his daughter

8.) What according toHiggins would make him if he become friends with women

a) Selfish and Tyrannical b) Loving and Kind c) Rude and Arrogant d) Good and Sweet-natured

9.) Which habit of Higgins was asked to change by Mrs. Pearce

a) Eating habit

b) His Slippers c) His pen d) None of the above

19.) Who enjoys social gatherings

a) Higgins b) Pickering c) Eliza d) Freddy

20.) Eliza was selling flowers at the corner of

a) Church b) Wimpole street c) Tottenham court d) All of the Above

21.) What does Eliza throw at Higgins’s face

a) Books b) Pen c) Mirrors d) Slippers

22.) Who speaks this line to whom

“ Thank god it’s all over!”

a) Eliza to Higgins b) Higgins to Eliza c) Higgins to Pickering d) Pickering to Higgins

23.) Pickering paid for all the --------------- and -------------- for Eliza

a) Dresses and hired jewellery b) Books and pens c) Both a and b d) None of these

24.) What Higgins brought from Brighton and for whom

a) Cosmetics for Eliza b) Ring for Eliza c) Pen for Pickering d) None of these

25.) How many times was Mr. Doolittle married and this was his

a) 6 th^ and 7th^ time b) 5 th^ and 6th^ time c) 2 nd^ and 3rd^ time d) None of these

26.) Pickering called Eliza as

a) A flower girl b) A girl c) A lady d) Miss Doolittle

27.) Eliza was converted into a

a) A flower girl b) A girl c) A lady d) A professor

28.) The credit to create Eliza goes to

a) Higgins b) Pickering c) Freddy d) Mrs. Higgins

29.) How old was the flower girl

a) 16- b) 17- c) 18- d) 17-

30.) What does Eliza’s room say about her

a) She is poor and happy with her life b) She is poor and dreams of a better life c) She is humble and conscious about everyone d) Both (b) and (c)

31.) What do Higgins and Pickering have in common

a) They both study linguistics b) Students of phonetics c) Both (a) and (b) d) They both study speech

32.) In garden party, when Higgins saw that he was going to win how does he feel

a) Deer in a cage b) Bear in a cage c) Dog in a cage d) None of the above

33.) What purpose does the rain shower serve

a) Waiting for a cab under the church portico b) All seek shelter c) Gives the main characters d) None of the above

34.) Note taker is assumed to be of what profession

a) Policeman b) Linguistics scholar c) Phonetic scholar d) Both (b) and (c)

35.) What does the note taker say about a “ women who utters such depressing and disgusting sounds ’’

a) She has no right to live b) Throw her in the gutter c) Girl of square cabbage leaf d) None of the above

36.) What does Eliza Doolittle want

45.) Where did Eliza go after leaving Higgins’s house

a) Freddy’s house b) London c) Police station d) Mrs. Higgins flat

46.) What happens to Eliza after her education

a) Runs her own flower shop b) Marries Freddy and stay friends with Pickering c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these

47.) Where does the First Act take place

a) St. Paul’s church,London b) Portico church c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these

48.) The bystanders think the note taker is a

a) Foreigner b) Policeman c) From CID d) All of the above

49. By what name does Eliza address Freddy the first time that they encounter each other? a) Charlie b) Freddy c) Captain d) Kind Sir

50. Higgins claims that English is the language of

a) The queen b) The noblest race c) All mankind d) Shakespeare, Milton and the Bible

51. What does Eliza usually wear to sleep?

a) A nightgown b) Her day clothes c) Stolen coats d) Nothing

52. Which of the following summarizes Higgins ’s essential attitude towards women?

a) They’d never want me b) Pretty girls are a dime a dozen c) What are women d) They’re all idiots

53. What does Eliza fling in Higgins ’s face

a) Half-eaten chocolates b) The money he lent her c) His damned slippers d) Her rotten flowers

54. Prof. Higgins meets Eliza for the first time at

a) St. Paul’s church b) a street in London c) the Ambassador ’s party d) None of the above

55. From whom does Eliza say She learns self-respect?

a) Mrs. Pearce b) Colonel Pickering c) Her father d) Mrs. Higgins

56. “ A -a-a-a-ah-ow-ooh! ’’ is the favourite call of which of following characters?

a) Alfred Doolittle b) Eliza c) Clara d) Higgins

57. Who takes the cab at the end of act one?

a) Eliza b) The eynsford c) Higgins d) Freddy

58. Act two is set in

a) Higgins ’s house/laboratory b) Mrs. Higgins ’s home c) The Doolittles ’ home d) Covent garden

59. The bet between Pickering and Higgins is that Higgins will not be able to pass Eliza at

a) A fancy dinner b) A horse race c) An ambassador ’s ball d) His mother ’s open house

60. Colonel Pickering served in

a) India b) Pakistan c) Kenya d) Ireland

61. The opening act is set in

a) Wimpole street b) Mrs. Higgins ’s house c) The Doolittle ’s home d) Covent garden

62. What does Higgins put in Eliza’s basket?

a) His slippers b) His business card c) Flowers d) Money

c) Higgins d) No one

72. Mrs. Pearce is

a) Higgins ’s daughter b) Higgins’s friend c) Higgins’s house keeper d) Higgins’s wife

73. Who is in love with Eliza by the end?

a) Pickering b) Clara c) Doolittle d) Freddy

74. Pickering listens to phonemes on a

a) DVD b) CD c) Phonograph d) Tape recorder

75. Mrs. Pearce takes Eliza away to

a) Baby her b) Mother her c) Bathe d) Scold her

76. Doolittle’s heritage is

a) Indian b) Irish c) Welsh d) Scottish

Answer

1 a 39 b 2 a 40 c 3 d 41 b 4 c 42 b 5 d 43 b 6 a 44 b 7 c 45 d 8 a 46 c 9 c 47 a

10 a 48 b 11 a 49 b

12 c 50 d 13 c 51 b

14 a 52 d 15 d 53 c

16 d 54 a 17 a 55 b

18 b 56 b 19 b 57 a

20 c 58 a 21 d 59 c

22 c 60 a 23 a 61 d

24 b 62 d 25 a 63 d

26 d 64 b 27 c 65 a

28 a 66 d 29 c 67 a

30 b 68 a 31 d 69 a

32 b 70 c 33 c 71 b

34 c 72 c 35 a 73 d

36 a 74 c 37 d 75 c

38 b 76 c