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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Higgins compare Liza?
(a) A squashed cabbage-leaf.
(b) The Queen of Sheba.
(c) A diamond in the rough.
(d) A flower in the mud.

2. How do the bystanders treat Liza when she becomes upset?
(a) They are sympathetic to her and defend her.
(b) They are shocked by her bad language.
(c) They completely ignore her as if she is invisible.
(d) They tell her to get lost because she is a worthless flower girl.

3. 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) She has seen him somewhere before.
(d) They are secretly lovers.

4. What is the Flower Girl selling?
(a) Roses.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Violets.

5. What can Higgins guess about people?
(a) What their job is.
(b) Their age.
(c) Where they are from.
(d) Their secret desires and dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Liza become upset with Higgins?

2. Who is Tito Pagliardini?

3. To Shaw, what is the main advantage of Henry Sweet's "Current Shorthand"?

4. Which elements of the English alphabet have no agreed speech value?

5. Why doesHenry Sweet not become more prominent?

(see the answer key)

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