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Major Barbara
George Bernard Shaw
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Act I: Part One
Act I: Part Two
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Act II: Part Two
Act II: Part Three
Act III: Part One
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Act III: Part Three
Act III: Part Four
The Trafalgar Square Demonstration and Riot of 1886
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Barbara Undershaft
Andrew Undershaft
Adolphus Cusins
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Act 3: Part One
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1. What is Andrew Undershaft's motto?
If God gave the hand, let not man withhold the sword
All have the right to fight: none have the right to judge
Unashamed
Peace shall not prevail save with a sword in her hand
2. What is the inscription on the dome of the Labor Church in Perivale St. Andrews?
If God gave the hand, let not man withhold the sword
No man is good enough to be another man's master
To man the weapon: the heaven the victory
All have the right to fight: none have the right to judge
3. What is the name of Bill Walker's girl?
Jenny
Sarah
Rummy
Mog
4. Who is Lord Saxmundham?
Andrew Undershaft
Lazarus
Horace Bodger
Todger Fairmille
5. What does Barbara's name mean?
Beauty
Wisdom
Soulfulness
Loveliness
6. What is Lady Britomart's maiden name?
Saxmundham
Undershaft
Fairmille
Stevenage
7. What does Undershaft identify as necessary to salvation?
Baptism and first communion
Money and gunpowder
Money and intelligence
Money and rage
8. What does Undershaft identify as the worst of crimes?
Poverty
Theft
Hypocrisy
Weakness
9. What does Horace Bodger produce?
Arms
Liquor
Coal
Bread
10. What instrument does Lomax play in Act I?
The drum
The piano
The harpsichord
The concertina
11. When was the Undershaft firm founded?
During the reign of Elizabeth I
During the reign of Victoria I
During the reign of James II
During the reign of James I
12. What job does Peter Shirley take at the foundry?
Gatekeeper
Gravedigger
Foreman
Driver
13. What is the name of Lady Britomart's butler?
Bilton
Morrison
Fairmille
Jeeves
14. What does Undershaft consider the "final test" of conviction?
Power
Justice
Love
Killing
15. What play does Cusins quote in Act II?
Antigone
The Bacchae
Oedipus at Colonnus
Medea
16. In Act II, Mrs. Baines mentions a London riot to Undershaft? When were they?
In the 1900s
In the 1880s
In the 1850s
In the 1920s
17. Where do Cusins's parents reside?
Canada
India
Australia
New Zealand
18. What profession does Undershaft suggest to Stephen?
He suggests he become a politician
He suggests that he write
He suggests that he become a philosopher
He suggests that he go into law
19. What instrument does Undershaft play?
The drum
The concertina
The trumpet
The trombone
20. Who steals Bill Walker's money?
Rummy Mitchens
Jenny Hill
Snobby Price
Peter Shirley
21. What is Lomax's religion?
He is an atheist
He is Catholic
He is Anglican
He is agnostic
22. Undershaft agrees to how much of Cusins's proposed starting salary?
Half
Three-quarters
Three-fifths
All of it
23. Who does Barbara ask for at the end of play?
God
Undershaft
Cusins
Lady Britomart
24. What is Cusins' first name?
Charles
Adolphus
Horace
Andrew
25. What is Rummy short for?
Romele
Romola
Rumula
Rumali
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