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The Trafalgar Square Demonstration and Riot of 1886

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George Bernard Shaw

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What is Andrew Undershaft's motto?

(A) If God gave the hand, let not man withhold the sword

(B) All have the right to fight: none have the right to judge

(D) Peace shall not prevail save with a sword in her hand

What is the inscription on the dome of the Labor Church in Perivale St. Andrews?

(A) If God gave the hand, let not man withhold the sword

(B) No man is good enough to be another man's master

(D) All have the right to fight: none have the right to judge

What is the name of Bill Walker's girl?

(A) Jenny

(B) Sarah

(D) Mog

Who is Lord Saxmundham?

(A) Andrew Undershaft

(B) Lazarus

(D) Todger Fairmille

What does Barbara's name mean?

(A) Beauty

(B) Wisdom

(D) Loveliness

What is Lady Britomart's maiden name?

(A) Saxmundham

(B) Undershaft

(D) Stevenage

What does Undershaft identify as necessary to salvation?

(A) Baptism and first communion

(B) Money and gunpowder

(D) Money and rage

What does Undershaft identify as the worst of crimes?

(A) Poverty

(B) Theft

(D) Weakness

What does Horace Bodger produce?

(A) Arms

(B) Liquor

(D) Bread

What instrument does Lomax play in Act I?

(A) The drum

(B) The piano

(D) The concertina

When was the Undershaft firm founded?

(A) During the reign of Elizabeth I

(B) During the reign of Victoria I

(D) During the reign of James I

What job does Peter Shirley take at the foundry?

(A) Gatekeeper

(B) Gravedigger

(D) Driver

What is the name of Lady Britomart's butler?

(A) Bilton

(B) Morrison

(D) Jeeves

What does Undershaft consider the "final test" of conviction?

(A) Power

(B) Justice

(D) Killing

What play does Cusins quote in Act II?

(A) Antigone

(B) The Bacchae

(D) Medea

In Act II, Mrs. Baines mentions a London riot to Undershaft? When were they?

(A) In the 1900s

(B) In the 1880s

(D) In the 1920s

Where do Cusins's parents reside?

(A) Canada

(B) India

(D) New Zealand

What profession does Undershaft suggest to Stephen?

(A) He suggests he become a politician

(B) He suggests that he write

(D) He suggests that he go into law

What instrument does Undershaft play?

(A) The drum

(B) The concertina

(D) The trombone

Who steals Bill Walker's money?

(A) Rummy Mitchens

(B) Jenny Hill

(D) Peter Shirley

What is Lomax's religion?

(A) He is an atheist

(B) He is Catholic

(D) He is agnostic

Undershaft agrees to how much of Cusins's proposed starting salary?

(A) Half

(B) Three-quarters

(D) All of it

Who does Barbara ask for at the end of play?

(A) God

(B) Undershaft

(D) Lady Britomart

What is Cusins' first name?

(A) Charles

(B) Adolphus

(D) Andrew

What is Rummy short for?

(A) Romele

(B) Romola

(D) Rumali

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