Q & A ON BERNARD SHAW’S PLAY ‘PYGMALION’ – PART – 1 | ENGLISH LITERATURE | PHOENIX OF LITERATURE

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Q & A ON BERNARD SHAW’S PLAY ‘PYGMALION’ – PART – 1
 

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                                    -GEORGE BERNARD SHAW




1.     Who wrote the play Pygmalion?
Ans: George Bernard Shaw.


2.     Who was George Bernard Shaw?
Ans: An Irish Playwright.


3.     The play ‘Pygmalion’ was written in the year of --------------.
Ans: 1912.


4.     The play ‘Pygmalion’ was originally published in the year of --------------.
Ans: 1913.


5.     The title ‘Pygmalion’ was taken from the story of ------------------.
Ans: The Ovid’s Metamorphoses.


6.     What is the origin of the name Pygmalion?
Ans: Greek mythology.


7.     What does the name Pygmalion refers in Greek mythology?
Ans:  King of Cyprus - A sculptor.


8.     What is the theme conveyed by the title Pygmalion in Shaw’s play?
Ans: Everyone should understand that there is huge difference between reality and fantasy in the face of real life problems.


9.    Which movie is based on the story of Pygmalion?
Ans: My Fair Lady.


10.  Who is the protagonist of the play Pygmalion?
Ans: Eliza Doolittle.


11.  Who is Eliza Doolittle?
Ans: A flower girl who sells flower in London streets.


12.    When did the play opened?
Ans: A heavy late night summer with thunderstorm.


13.  Where did the play opened?
Ans: The portico of St. Paul’s church at covent Garden in London streets.


14.  Who knocks down the basket of a flower girl?
Ans: Freddy.


15. Who is Freddy?

Ans: Freddy Eynsford Hill is a son of an impoverished noble family in the play Pygmalion.


16. Who was attracted towards Eliza at first sight?
Ans: Freddy.


17.  Who are the two old gentlemen in the play?
Ans: Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering.


18.   Who is a scientist of Phonetics?
Ans: Professor Higgins.


19.  Who is Colonel Pickering?
Ans: A Linguist of Indian Dialect.


20. Who requested Higgins to teach English lessons to speak well?
Ans: Eliza Doolittle.


21. Who bets Higgins that he cannot teach Eliza to speak well?
Ans: Colonel Pickering.


22. How many months did Higgins bets with Pickering to teach Eliza?
Ans: Six months.


23.  Who takes care of Eliza at Higgins house?
Ans: Mrs. Pearce.


24. Who is Mrs. Pearce?
Ans: A servant maid at Higgins house.


25.  Who came to Higgins house to take Eliza back?
Ans: Alfred Doolittle.
 
 
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