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My Fair Lady Quiz

Instructions: Circle the correct answer

1. In the opening scene of the musical, what is Eliza selling?

• vegetables

• violets

• fruit

• computers

2. Who was watching Eliza in the opening scene?

• Henry

• Alfie

• Colonel Pickering

• Mrs. Pierce

3. Where was Colonel Pickering from?

• England

• Australia

• India

• USA

4. What did Henry and Colonel Pickering make for a bet?

• Eliza would sell all of her flowers

• Horse #25 would win the race

• Henry could teach Eliza how to speak properly

• Pepsi is better than Coke

5. How much will Eliza get if she wins the bet?

• seven and six

• six and five

• five and four

• first and ten

6. What does Henry tell Eliza will happen to her if she loses the bet?

• He will sue her

• She will lose her head

• She will become a princess

• She will become his servant

7. What does Eliza send for from her old apartment?

• Her pocketbook and 2 dresses

• Her birdcage and Chinese Fan

• Her diary and make-up kit

• Her pet poodle and kitten

8. What is Henry's address?

• 63 B Locksley Lane

• 34 C Fountain St.

• 27 A Wimpole St.

• 143 Fifth St.

9. Why does Alfie go to see Henry?

• To get money

• To get Eliza back

• To become famous

• To get language lessons for himself

10. What is the first phrase Eliza speaks correctly?

• How kind of you to let me come

• In Hartford, Harriford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen

• Cup of tea

• The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain

11. Where do the take Eliza to "try her out"?

• The Emperor's ball

• The Races at Ascot

• Shopping in Brighton

• A Maine hockey game

12. Freddie Einsford-Hill falls in love with Eliza at the horse races.

• True

• False

13. Freddie gets to see Eliza when he first goes to Henry's house after the races.

• True

• False

14. The name of the language specialist at the ball is Zorro Carpalian

• True

• False

15. Eliza only dances with Freddie, Henry and Zorro at the Embassy Ball.

• True

• False

16. Who does the language specialist at the Embassy Ball think Eliza really is?

• A Hungarian Princess

• A Russian Empress

• A British Queen

• An American teenager

WHO SAID IT ?

1."What could possibly matter more than to take a human being and change her into a different human being by creating a new speech for her?"
2. "I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me, I'm not fit to sell anything else."
3. "Does it occur to you, Higgins, that the girl has some feelings?"
4. "I ain't pretending to be deserving. I'm undeserving, and I mean to go on being undeserving. I like it, and that's the truth."
5. "People stop and stare. They don't bother me. For there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be. Let the time go by, I won't care if I can be here on the street where you live."
6. "I speak thirty-two languages. I know everybody in Europe. No imposter escapes my detection."
7. "Ascot is usually the one place I can come to with my friends and not run the risk of seeing my son. Whenever my friends meet him, I never see them again."

8. "I must know on what terms the girl is to be here. What is to become of her when you've finished your teaching? You must look ahead a little, sir."