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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Robert Bridges and what does he have in common with Higgins?
(a) A phonetician who, like Higgins, greatly admired Milton.
(b) A professor at Oxford who, like Higgins, had a fiery temper.
(c) An expert in shorthand who, like Higgins, lived in England.
(d) A portrait painter who, like Higgins, loved phonetics.

2. How does Higgins make his money?
(a) He is a professor at Oxford.
(b) He teaches people to speak with a proper accent.
(c) He is an inventor.
(d) He writes plays.

3. What does Sweet think of the Pitman system?
(a) He doesn't like it because it is not phonetic.
(b) He despises it.
(c) He thinks it is brilliant and uses it as a model.
(d) He never knows of it because he dies before it is invented.

4. How does the Flower Girl know Freddy's name?
(a) She doesn't; she calls all young men "Freddy" or "Charlie."
(b) She heard the women call him by that name.
(c) They are secretly lovers.
(d) She has seen him somewhere before.

5. Why does Shaw's attempt to help Sweet fail?
(a) Sweet has no interest in promoting his ideas to the public.
(b) Sweet dies before he can see the play.
(c) Sweet looks down on the theater as unacademic.
(d) Sweet only writes libelous articles against his fellow academics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Higgins think of the way the Flower Girl speaks?

2. To what does Higgins compare Liza?

3. Which of the following does Shaw identify as a problem among his fellow English?

4. What does Higgins say he can do for the Flower Girl (Liza)?

5. Which of the following best describes Higgins's profession?

(see the answer key)

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