In G.B. Shaw's 'Pygmalion', Colonel Pickering returned to London, after travelling to a foreign country, to meet Professor Higgins. Which foreign country was that?
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A.
Ireland
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B.
Italy
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C.
France
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D.
India
Correct Answer:
D. India
Explanation:
In George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, Colonel Pickering is a linguist and an expert in Indian dialects who travels from India to London specifically to meet Professor Henry Higgins. The two characters have a mutual admiration for each other's work in phonetics, which leads to their collaboration on the experiment with Eliza Doolittle. Therefore, the foreign country Colonel Pickering returned from is India.
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