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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocking fact does Liza reveal about her father while talking with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?
(a) He was never married to her mother.
(b) He has a chronic drinking problem, but it doesn't bother Liza at all.
(c) He used to beat Liza, but she says she deserved it.
(d) He may have murdered her aunt, but she deserved it.

2. Why can't Liza read what Higgins writes?
(a) She is uneducated and has never learned how to read.
(b) It is written in French, a language she doesn't know.
(c) He uses a phonetic alphabet.
(d) It is written in a cryptic code.

3. In the last part of Act 3, Higgins and Pickering take Liza for her final test. Where does this "test" take place?
(a) At a party at the Embassy.
(b) At the prestigious Ascot horse races.
(c) At a grand ball in Buckingham Palace.
(d) At a Beethoven concert.

4. What is one of Shaw's purposes in writing this play?
(a) To make people aware of the social inequalities in England.
(b) To encourage people to value all types of accents in English.
(c) To let people know of the existence of phoneticians and how important they are.
(d) To entertain people and make them forget their worries for another day.

5. What does Doolittle promise to do with the money?
(a) Save it and use it wisely.
(b) Keep it for Liza.
(c) Buy something for his wife.
(d) Spend it all immediately on a drinking spree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Liza become upset with Higgins?

2. For how long will Liza stay with Higgins as his pupil?

3. Who is delighted with Liza's "small talk" during the social visit with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?

4. What is Freddy looking for at the beginning of Act 1?

5. What does Neppomuck think must be Liza's true background?

(see the answer key)

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