Pygmalion Study Guide – Flashcards
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What purpose does the rain shower serve? - It gives the main characters a relatively believable ____________ under which to ____
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circumstance, meet
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The note taker is assumed to be of what profession? What actually is his profession? - The others assume he is a ______ _______ of some kind. He is actually a ___________
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police officer, phonetician
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What does the note taker say about a "woman who utters such depressing and disgusting sounds"? - He says she "has no _____ to be anywhere—no right to ____." (18)
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right, live
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The note taker brags about what he could do for the flower girl within three months. What does he claim? - He claims that he could pass her off as a _______ at an __________'s garden party
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duchess, ambassador
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Who takes the cab Freddy brings? Why? - The ______ ____ takes the cab Freddy brings. The ______ and ________ have left for the bus, and the flower girl feels rich because of the _____ which Professor Higgins gave her.
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flower girl, mother, daughter, money,
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What do Higgins and Pickering have in common? - They both study ______
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speech
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When Higgins recognizes the flower girl, what is his reaction? - He says that "she's no ___. . . . I'm not going to _____ another ________ on it. Be off with you; I don't want you." (26)
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use, waste, cylinder,
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What does Eliza Doolittle want? - She wants to _____ how to _____ well enough to be able to be hired to work in a ______ ____ instead of on the street corner.
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learn, speak, flower shop
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Even after he agrees to teach her, what is Higgins' attitude towards Eliza? - "She's deliciously low—so horribly dirty. [...] Put her in the _______ ." (29-30) He treats her as an ______ —and not a very ____ object, either.
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dustbin, object, nice
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Describe Mrs. Pearce's role. - She is the ___________ for Higgins and tries to be the voice of ______: "You mustn't talk like that to her. [...] Stop, Mr. Higgins. I won't allow it. It's you that are wicked." (31) "But what's to become of her? Is she to be paid anything? Do be sensible, sir." (32)
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housekeeper, reason
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Eliza determines to leave rather than to be further insulted. How does Higgins persuade her to stay? - He offers her c_________ and promises her t____, g___, and d_______.
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chocolates, taxis, gold, diamonds
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What is the point of the bath scene? - It shows Eliza has ideas of ______ and decency even though she is ___-_____ and "vulgar." She has a personal code of _____ and _____and is _________.
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morals, low-class, right, wrong, sensitive
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Mrs. Pearce makes some suggestions to Higgins. What are they? -She asks him to _____-less, to not sit around in his ____, to not wipe his hands on his _______, and to try to be a good _______ for his pupil.
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curse, robe, clothes, example
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Why did Alfred Doolittle come to see Professor Higgins? - He wanted to get _____ for himself, to _________ Higgins in order to get a little money.
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money, blackmail
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Doolittle says, "I'm undeserving, and I mean to go on being undeserving." Why does he not want to better himself? - If he rises in _____, he also will rise in ______________. He wants a ____ life, free from responsibility and people's ____________.
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class, responsibility, free, expectations
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Why does Doolittle want only five pounds instead of the ten he is offered? - He can _____ five pounds without feeling ______. Ten pounds would require ______________.
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waste, guilty, responsibility
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Who are Mrs. and Miss Eynsford Hill? - They are the ______ and ________ from the rainstorm in Act One
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mother, daughter
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Henry says, "We want two or three people. You'll do as well as anybody else." What does the fact that he says that tell us? - He is ____ to everyone—not just to Liza. He thinks only of his ____ and himself
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rude, work
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What does Liza do wrong at Mrs. Higgins' home? - She ______ perfectly but tells an odd _____ of her aunt's death using ______, though well pronounced, language.
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speaks, story, vulgar
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What does Clara think of Eliza? - Clara is very _____ with Eliza. She wants to use Liza's new small-talk and to _______ her.
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taken, imitate
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Who is Nepommuck? - He is a _____ at the ambassador's reception, fluent in many _________, and says he is an ______. He claims Eliza is a _____, that she is really a ________.
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guest, languages, expert, fraud, princess
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Is Eliza successful at the ambassador's reception? - ___, she is very __________.
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Yes, successful
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Why did Eliza throw Higgins' slippers at him? - Higgins and Pickering had just carried on a whole ____________ as if she weren't in the room. They were ____ and inconsiderate and treated her unfeelingly. In talking about the lessons with her, Higgins said, "The whole thing has been a bore." "The whole thing has been simple purgatory." After ignoring her through the whole conversation, Higgins has the nerve to ask her to turn out the ______ as he leaves the room. When he comes back looking for his ________ , she ______ them at him in her anger.
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conversation, rude, lights, slippers, throws
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What is Higgins' advice to Liza when he realizes she is upset (although he cannot understand why she is upset)? - "It's only ___________. Low spirits and nothing else. Nobody's hurting you. Nothing's wrong. You go to ___ like a good girl and sleep it off. Have a little ___ and say your _______: that will make you feel comfortable."
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imagination, bed, cry, prayers
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Why does Liza wish Higgins had left her where he had found her? - "[At the corner of Trottenham Court] I sold _______. I didn't sell ______. Now you've made a ____ of me I'm not fit to sell anything else."
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flowers, myself, lady
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Why does Liza tell Freddy, "Don't you call me Miss Doolittle [...] Liza is good enough for me."? - She feels like in many ways "Liza" in her old ways was a better ______ than "Miss Doolittle."
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person
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What was Freddy doing below Eliza's window? - He has fallen in ____ with her and hangs around the outside of the house hoping to get a _______ of her.
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love, glimpse
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Why is Henry Higgins concerned about Liza's being gone? - Her absence has affected him __________. He misses her ________; he can't ____ anything and doesn't know when his ____________ are.
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personally, services, find, appointments
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Why is Alfred Doolittle upset? - He has unwillingly come into _____ and now has the ________________ of being ______ class instead of being "undeserving ____."
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money, responsibilities, middle, poor
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Higgins says, "She behaved in the most outrageous way. I never gave her the slightest provocation." Is he lying or not? - __; he genuinely believes that he did nothing. Higgins is blind to his own _______________.
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No, insensitivities
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What becomes of Eliza? - She _______ Freddy, stays friends with _________, tolerates _______, and runs her own ______ ____.
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marries, Pickering, Higgins, flower shop
