Read the excerpt from Pygmalion and Galatea by Josephine Preston Peabody.Now there once lived in Cyprus a young sculptor, Pygmalion by name, who thought nothing on earth so beautiful as the white marble folk that live without faults and never grow old. Indeed, he said that he would never marry a mortal woman, and people began to think that his daily life among marble creatures was hardening his heart altogether.Read the excerpt from Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.HIGGINS [tempted, looking at her] It’s almost irresistible. She’s so deliciously low—so horribly dirty—LIZA [protesting extremely] Ah—ah—ah—ah—ow—ow—oooo!!! I ain’t dirty: I washed my face and hands afore I come, I did.
Answer
A
Higgins cannot communicate his true opinions as well as Pygmalion can.
B
Higgins lacks the admiration for Eliza that Pygmalion has for his statues.
C
Higgins is cultivating a reputation in his country that is much worse than the reputation Pygmalion has.
D
Higgins is more confident in his ability to mold Eliza than Pygmalion is in his ability to mold his statues.