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Major Barbara

George Bernard Shaw

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Act 3: Part Two Quiz

Further Study Act 3: Part Two Quiz

1 of 5
Perivale St. Andrews is best described as ___.

Impoverished
Filthy
Dangerous
Beautiful

2 of 5
Stephen compliments Undershaft for which of the following?

Parenting
Cathedral
Social engineering
Attack on fort

3 of 5
Undershaft explains that what can be found in the foundry's sheds?

Explosives
Poor people
Children
Stray cats

4 of 5
When Lady Britomart arrives, she chastises Undershaft for what reason?

Mistreatment of Stephen
Keeping foundry to himself
Absence of cathedral
He left without her

5 of 5
What makes Cusins a foundling and thus able to become heir to the foundry?

His parents died
Abandonment at birth
Born in Ireland
Parents' illegal marriage

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