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Chapter: Major Barbara - George Bernard Shaw
1.

Lomax will not receive his trust fund until he is

A. 30
B. 35
C. 37
D. 39
Answer» B. 35
2.

The Undershaft tradition is to appoint

A. The eldest son as successor
B. The youngest son as successor
C. A foundling as successor
D. A brilliant daughter as successor
Answer» C. A foundling as successor
3.

Barbara is pleased that her father is going to visit them because

A. She misses him
B. She has something important to tell him
C. He had always wanted to give her monetary help
D. He had a soul to be saved
Answer» D. He had a soul to be saved
4.

The bargain that Barbara and her father struck was that

A. Each would try to convert the other to their cause
B. Each would try to convert as many converts as possible to their cause
C. Each would try to excel in uplifting the poor
D. Each would try to surpass the other in acquiring wealth
Answer» A. Each would try to convert the other to their cause
5.

Britomart accused Cusins of joining the Salvation Army to

A. Play the trumpet
B. Convert people to the worship of Dionysus
C. To worship Barbara
D. Help people in the Army
Answer» C. To worship Barbara
6.

Barbara realizes that those who hold the means of salvation are

A. Holy people
B. Humble people
C. Talented writers
D. Millionaires
Answer» D. Millionaires
7.

A Doll’s House opens on

A. New Year’s Eve
B. Passover Eve
C. Christmas Eve
D. Palm Sunday
Answer» C. Christmas Eve
8.

Barbara is engaged to

A. Adolphus Cusins
B. Charles Lomax
C. Bill Walker
D. Horace Bodger
Answer» A. Adolphus Cusins
9.

What does Undershaft identify as necessary for salvation?

A. Money and religion
B. Morality and money
C. Money and gunpowder
D. Money and marriage
Answer» C. Money and gunpowder
10.

What job does Peter Shirley take on at the foundry?

A. Gravedigger
B. Gatekeeper
C. Foreman
D. Driver
Answer» B. Gatekeeper
11.

Where do Cusin’s parents reside?

A. Canada
B. India
C. Spain
D. Australia
Answer» D. Australia
12.

Who steals Bill Walker’s money?

A. Rummy Mitchens
B. Jenny Hill
C. Snobby Price
D. Peter Shirley
Answer» C. Snobby Price
13.

What profession does Undershaft suggest to Stephen?

A. A politician
B. A philosopher
C. A Professor
D. A lawyer
Answer» A. A politician
14.

When Sarah is to be married to her fiancé Charles Lomax, at what age could Lomax come into his wealth?

A. Twenty one
B. Eighteen
C. Thirty five
D. Twenty seven.
Answer» C. Thirty five
15.

To what does Andrew Undershaft compare his munition factory to and found many similarities with?

A. His daughter’s upbringing
B. The Salvation Army
C. Lady Britomart’s outlook on life
D. None of the above
Answer» B. The Salvation Army
16.

When Bill Walker refused to give his name to Barbara, she had to write down his name as _________

A. The homeless man
B. The man with no food
C. The man who struck Jenny
D. The man with a temper
Answer» C. The man who struck Jenny
17.

To whom did Barbara say that one cannot ‘buy’ his/her salvation?

A. Lady Britomart
B. Adolphus Cusins
C. Charles Lomax
D. Andrew Undershaft
Answer» D. Andrew Undershaft
18.

To whom did Barbara say that The Salvation Army cannot be bought?

A. Bill Walker
B. Andrew Undershaft
C. Mrs. Baines
D. Bodger
Answer» A. Bill Walker
19.

Both Lady Britomart and Andrew Undershaft said that Stephen would make a good journalist because of what?

A. Because he was good at spending a lot of money
B. Because he knows how to use words that have no meaning
C. Because he liked to ask a lot of questions
D. Because there was no one who was vain enough like him
Answer» B. Because he knows how to use words that have no meaning
20.

What is Cusins’s first name?

A. Horace
B. Adolphus
C. Charles
D. Andrew
Answer» B. Adolphus
21.

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
C. To man the weapon: the heaven the victory
D. All have the right to fight: None have the right to judge
Answer» B. No man is good enough to be another man’s master
22.

Who is Lord Saxmundham?

A. Andrew Undershaft
B. Lazarus
C. Horace Bodger
D. Todger Fairmille
Answer» C. Horace Bodger
23.

What does Undershaft identify as necessary to Salvation?

A. Baptism and first communion
B. Money and gunpowder
C. Money and mind
D. Money and courage
Answer» B. Money and gunpowder
24.

What profession does Undershaft suggest to Stephen?

A. To become a politician
B. To write
C. To become a philosopher
D. To go into law
Answer» A. To become a politician
25.

Who does Barbara ask for at the end of the play?

A. God
B. Undershaft
C. Cusins
D. Lady Britomart
Answer» D. Lady Britomart
26.

In Major Barbara, how old is Lady Britomart Undershaft

A. 44
B. 47
C. 49
D. In her fifties
Answer» D. In her fifties
27.

Lady Britomart and her children lives in Wilton Crescent in the city of

A. Southamthon
B. London
C. West Ham
D. Birmingham
Answer» B. London
28.

Who does Adolphus Cusins believe is responsible for providing Barbara?

A. Himself
B. Lady Britomart
C. Mr. Undershaft
D. Stephen Undershaft
Answer» C. Mr. Undershaft
29.

The Salvation Army only takes what type of people

A. Bad people that need to be saved
B. Religious people
C. Hard workers
D. Good people who are out of work
Answer» A. Bad people that need to be saved
30.

What is the primary reason Mr. Undershaft does not want Stephen to inherit the business?

A. Stephen is too young
B. Stephen is skittish
C. Stephen is not a foundling
D. Stephen is incompetent
Answer» C. Stephen is not a foundling
31.

What changed Barbara’s opinion on the source of power?

A. Seeing the success of his father
B. Seeing how easily a soul could be bought
C. Seeing the success of the Salvation Army
D. Seeing how easily a soul could be saved
Answer» B. Seeing how easily a soul could be bought
32.

According to Undershaft, what is the most destructive and worst of all crimes?

A. Lying
B. Thieving
C. Poverty
D. Laziness
Answer» C. Poverty
33.

Barbara symbolically leaves the Salvation Army when she ______ and hands it to her father.

A. Breaks her sword
B. Removes her badge of office
C. Rips up her enlistment form
D. Removes her whistle
Answer» B. Removes her badge of office
34.

Why did Cusins join the Salvation Army?

A. To help the poor
B. To save souls
C. To be in the band
D. To be with Barbara
Answer» D. To be with Barbara

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