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H. Eng.4 ORAL EXAM1
Honors English IV Semester 1 Oral Portion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 4 Plays to Know | Pygmalion, Cyrano de Bergerac, Dr. Faustus, A Doll's House |
| Characters in Pygmalion | Eliza and Alfred Doolittle, Henry and Mrs. Higgins, Colonel Pickering |
| Characters in Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano, Roxane, Christian |
| Characters in Dr. Faustus | Dr. Faustus, Mephostophilis |
| Characters in A Doll's House | Nora and Torvald Helmer |
| Pygmalion's playwright and location | George Bernard Shaw (Irish) |
| Cyrano de Bergerac's playwright and location | Edmond Rostand (French) in France |
| Dr. Faustus' playwright and location | Christopher Marlowe (English) in England |
| A Doll's House playwright and location | Henrik Ibsen (Norwegian) |
| Eliza Doolittle | Learns self-respect from Colonel Pickering, difference is how a lady is treated |
| Alfred Doolittle | Unhappy with being middle-class now, misses working class |
| Mrs. Higgins | Live Doll quote |
| Henry Higgins | "They're [Women] all idiots," misogynistic |
| Colonel Pickering | Teaches Eliza self-respect |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Insecure, large nose, loves Roxane and writes love letters for her through Christian, dies by log |
| Christian | Handsome, uses Cyrano's love letters to Roxane |
| Roxane | Wants intricate poems and loving words > good looks |
| Dr. Faustus | Sold his soul for unlimited knowledge (24 years) |
| Mephostophilis | Demon who takes up Dr. Faustus' bargain |
| Nora Helmer | Childish, attempts to please husband, her debt is exposed and she leaves to seek her own identity |
| Torvald Helmer | Expects Nora to please him, believes his role as a man is to guide his wife, values his ego over everything, controlling and posessive |
| Dynamic Characters (3) | Nora, Eliza, and ??? |
| Static Characters (2) | Dr. Faustus, Mephostophilis, and Henry Higgins... Cyrano? |
| Misogynist | Torvald Helmer and Henry Higgins |
| Contains virgules | Cyrano de Bergerac and Dr. Faustus |
| Paternal | Alfred Doolittle, somewhat Colonel Pickering |
| Maternal | Mrs. Higgins and Nora Helmer |
| Inept (lacking skill) | Nora Helmer, Christian, and Eliza Doolittle |
| Bachelor | Cyrano de Bergerac and Christian |
| Self-Conscious | Cyrano de Bergerac, Eliza Doolittle, Nora Helmer, and Christian |
| Amend | Nora Helmer, Colonel Pickering, Torvald Helmer? |
| In which decade was Ibsen's play A Doll's House first produced? | 1870s (19th Century) |
| In which country did Ibsen spend 27 years in exile writing some of his best plays? | Italy |
| Torvald Helmer | "I have strength and courage enough as a man..." |
| Nora Helmer | "I have to try to educate myself. You can't help me with that..." |
| The period in which Shaw writes in the 19th century is referred to as the ___ period | Victorian |