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Worksheet for     MY FAIR LADY

 

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Created at the Red Feather Institute for Advanced Studies in Sociology

 CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE:

HENRY Higgins = Socio-linguist:             Eliza Doolittle = flower girl
Pickering = Indian linguist                         Freddy Ainsford-Hill = Suitor
Doolittle = Elisa's father                              Zoltan = Hungarian linguist
Mrs. Pierce = housekeeper    


INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following questions. 1 pt each. 
Your Cost to take the Movie Lab = 20 pts. Your potential Profit Rate if you do well = 25%

1. Pygmalion studies presume that human behavior is:

1. based upon biology
2. based upon expectations from significant others
3. based upon early socialization

2. Eliza's primary group at the end:

1. her friends and co-workers at Covent Gardens market
2. her family and Freddy Ainsford-Hill
3. she had none: she was left alone between two social worlds
4. Higgins and his household

3. Which character exhibited a master status which dominated his presentation of self for most of the movie:

1. Doolittle as a natural philosopher
2. Eliza as a flower girl from the gutter
3. Higgins as a world famous linguist
4. Pickering as a colonel in the military

4. The movie assumes that most of one's life chances are determined mostly by:

1. class stratification         3. gender stratification
2. religious affiliation         4. ethnic origins

5. The movie emphasized two mutually reinforcing sets of symbols as definitive of class status. Which two below:

1. English and Welsh
2. voiced symbols and clothing
3. school ties and voiced symbols
4. architecture and wealth

6. Symbolic interaction theory does not deal with power differences in the construction of self and society. In which scene is this theoretical inadequacy most visible:

1. When Higgins tried to construct Eliza as a 'Lady.'
2. When Eliza tried to construct Higgins as a 'teacher.'
3. When Freddy tried to construct Eliza as his love.
4. When Doolittle had to marry his, 'old lady.'

7. Your text speaks of social norms as rules for behavior. When did Eliza show the most deviancy from behavioral norms:

1. When she sang, 'Damn Your 'ide; 'enry 'iggins at his Mother's house
2. When she danced with the Prince at the Ball
3. When she cheered for her horse at Ascot: "Move Yer Bloomin' Arse"
4. When she discussed her Aunt's death at Ascot in front of the upper class

8. Eliza was treated as a nonperson by both Higgins and Pickering. Which scene most clearly demonstrated that:

1. When she was forced to take a bath
2. When she was forced to practice her vowels
3. When Pickering congratulated Higgins after the ball.
4. When Higgins fed the strawberry tort [cake] to the bird.

9. The structure of male hegemony was threaded throughout the movie. In which scene below was it clearly visible:

1. When Higgins sang, 'Why can't a woman be like a man?'
2. When Doolittle offered to sell her for five pounds.
3. When Pickering called his old school mate
4. When the housekeeper was ordered about by Higgins.
5. all of the above.  (1/2 point for selecting any of the above)

10. Your text notes that emotions are regulated by rules and custom. Which scene represents that point most clearly:

1. When Doolittle sang, "I'm Gettin' Married in the Mornin'" at the pub (local bar)
2. When the Upper Class at Ascot were cheering at the races.
3. When Eliza danced with the Duke of
Transylvania

11. In which scene were middle class norms the most anomic for Eliza:

1. When she was talking about murder at Ascot
2. When she sold flowers at Covent Garden
3. When she went to the ball and danced with the Prince

12. In which scene was status inconsistency most clearly observed;

1. When Higgins treated Eliaz rudely during the interview
2. When Pickering asked for help from the Home Office to find Eliza.
3. When Eliza revisited the flower market at the end with Freddy

13. The construction of social reality requires the use of symbols to define a situation or a relationship. It also requires performance compatible with the definition. In which scene was the absence of matching behavior a topic of song:

1. When Eliza sang, 'Words, Words, Words,'
2. When Higgins sang, 'Damn, Damn, Damn.'
3. When Pickering sang, 'You did it!'
4. When Freddy sang, 'On the Street Where You Live.'

14. At what point did Eliza transcend her gender socialization:

1. When she told Higgins she would support Freddy.
2. When she told Higgins she would marry Freddy
3. When she cried after the Ball was over.

15. Marx spoke of pretheoretical rebellion against the structure of domination. In which scene did we see pretheoretical rebellion on the part of Eliza:

1. When she refused the bath
2. When she sang of how sick she was of 'words'
3. When she wished asked the King to cut off Higgin's head

16. What evidence led the Hungarian linguist to think that Eliza was a Hungarian Princess:

1. Her expensive clothing at the Ball
2. Her regal comportment while dancing
3. Her English was too good for a native speaker

17. The Movie made the same point as do Pygmalion studies:

1. that men are rational but women are reasonable
2. that students are oppressed by teachers
3. that social identities are constructed by others

18. In which scene did we see the most Gemeinschaft relations:

1. Doolittle's bachelor's night out (Get Me to the Church)
2. Higgin's treatment of Eliza at Ascot
3. Pierce and the other maids helping Eliza bathe.

19. Which person embodied the socio-emotional role:

1. Eliza's father              3. Pickering
3. the housekeeper     4. Freddy

20. Which set of persons were the tightest dyad in the movie:

1. Higgins and Eliza              3. Higgins and Pickering (1/2 pt. if students pick this one)
2. Eliza and Freddy               4. Eliza and her father

21. Which character was most co-opted by wealth and success:

1. Eliza's father-- who got married after he inherited wealth
2. Zoltan--who exploited those customers who tried to appear upper class
3. Eliza--who deserted her friends and co-workers at Covent Gardens
4. Freddy--who never did an honest day's work in his life

22. Weber speaks of Instrumental Rationality. Which character embodied instrumental rationality:

1. Doolittle, when he tried to sell Eliza to Higgins
2. Higgins, when he sang, 'Why can't a woman, be like a man'
3. Freddy, when he sang, 'On the Street Where You Live.'

23. Marx says that class relations degrade the human project. In which scene did Shaw make this point most clearly:

1. When Higgins treated Eliza shabbily after the Ball
2. When Pickering called Boozey at the Home Office to get to find Eliza
3. When Doolittle said he couldn't afford morality
4. When Pierce did whatever Higgins told her whether she liked it or not.

24. Marx speaks of the lumpen-proletariat: those cast off by capitalism and who then hustle others to get by. Who best embodied the lumpen-proletariat in the movie:

1. Freddy, who would have to be supported by Eliza
2. Zoltan, who blackmailed the 'Greek' ambassador
3. Doolittle, who asked his daughter for 'alf a crown.'

25. Eliza exhibited Status Panic most clearly when she:

1. Wept after the ball--O' What is to become of me!'
2. She used earthy language at Ascot in front of Freddy and his Mother
3. When she tried to employ Higgins to coach her