Characters
Who Said It?
Internal/External
settings
vocabulary
100
This young lady starts the story as poor flower girl, but by the end of Act III, is mistaken for a princess.
Eliza Doolittle
100
She's so deliciously low--so horribly dirty!
Professor Higgins
100
I've got my feelings, the same as any lady.
Internal- this references her feeling of self-worth, which she believes makes her worthy of respect despite her income.
100
In London, 11:15 pm. Torrents of heavy summer rain. Cab whistles blowing frantically in all directions. Pedestrians running for shelter....
Where is this?
Covent Garden
100
Etiquette is:
A) the understanding and use of good manners and societal norms
B) Only necessary if you go to college
C) Being uncivilized
A) the understanding and use of good manners and societal norms
200
This impetuous man specializes in the study of phonetics.
Henry Higgins
200
Don't ask me, I've been away in India for several years, and manners have changed so much that I don't know whether I'm at a respectable dinner table or a ship's forecastle.
Colonel Pickering
200
I ain't dirty, I washed my face and hands 'afore I come, I did.
External- discussing the outward appearance.
200
A small room with very old wallpaper hanging loose in the damp places. A broken pane in the window is mended with paper. A bird-cage hangs in the window; but its tenant died long ago.
Where is this?
Eliza's apartment [Drury Lane]
200
Chintz and brocade are both:
A) types of fabric
B) patterns
C) fancy cars
B) patterns
300
This former military man is Eliza's model for kindness and manners.
Colonel Pickering
300
You can't take the girl up like that, as if you were picking up a pebble on the beach.
Mrs. Pearce
300
I won't stay here if I don't like, I won't let nobody wallop me.
Internal- again, referencing her self-worth.
300
In the corner stands a flat writing-table, on which are a phonograph, a laryngoscope, a row of tiny organ pipes with a bellows, a set of lamp chimneys for singing flames with burners attached to a gas plug in the wall....
Where is this?
Higgins' laboratory
300
A synonym of the word "impetuous" is
A) energetic
B) innocent
C) impulsive
C) impulsive
Other synonyms are childish or thoughtless.
400
This young woman is very keen on trying out the "new slang."
Clara Eynsford-Hill
400
The new small talk--you do it so awfully well.
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
400
Her boots are much the worse for wear. She is, no doubt, as clean as she can afford to be.
External-references the outward appearance.
400
In the middle of the room is a big ottoman; and this, with the carpet, and the Morris wallpapers and the chintz window curtains and the brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament.
Mrs. Higgins' parlor
400
The word pedestrian comes from the Latin root meaning:
A) head
B) hand
C) foot
C) foot
...because a pedestrian is someone who is walking.
500
She is insistent that Mr. Higgins attempts to be on his best behavior around Eliza.
Mrs. Pearce
500
No, you two infinitely stupid male creatures; the problem of what is to be done with her afterwards.
Mrs. Higgins
500
She raises her head with "feeble defiance."
Internal-references her character, that she is intimidated by those of upper class, but still dares to try and stand her ground.
500
A spacious hall from which a grand staircase rises. On the left are the arrangements for the gentlemen's cloaks. On the right is a door leading to the ladies' cloakroom. In the drawing-room and its suite of salons, the reception is in full swing.
The Ambassador's Ball at a foreign Embassy
500
Something that is "unintelligible" is
A) able to be understood
B) not able to be understood
C) not worth trying to understand
B) not able to be understood
"un"-not
"intell"- understand
"ible"- the ability to do or make something