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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the strange man (Higgins) doing behind the pillar?
(a) Hiding from the police.
(b) Spying on Liza.
(c) Waiting for a taxicab.
(d) Taking notes.

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

3. Based on what you read in the Preface, with which of the following statements do you think Shaw would agree?
(a) Great art should not seek to teach lessons, but to entertain.
(b) Great art cannot please everyone; there will always be some wiseacres who cannot appreciate it.
(c) Truly great art should not seek to be commercially successful.
(d) All great art must be didactic; that is, it should teach people something.

4. What does Sweet send Shaw?
(a) Letters.
(b) Books.
(c) Postcards.
(d) Money.

5. Why doesn't Sweet's shorthand become popular?
(a) It is not legible.
(b) It is not a complete and exact phonetic script.
(c) It is very difficult to learn.
(d) He does not have the business organization he needs to popularize it.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Higgins compare Liza?

2. What should happen with the English alphabet, according to Shaw?

3. What makes Liza happy at the end of the evening?

4. How do the bystanders treat Liza when she becomes upset?

5. What are the Pitman and Gregg systems?

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