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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 Henry Sweet?
(a) A sweet-tempered professor of language and literature.
(b) The editor of a monthly review.
(c) A high official who popularized the subject of phonetics.
(d) A phonetics expert whom Shaw admired.

2. Which of the following describes Liza's home?
(a) A small, shabby room in an alley.
(b) She sleeps in a suburban kitchen with a fireplace.
(c) A dirty shack she shares with her whole family.
(d) She is homeless and sleeps in an alley.

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

4. Which of the following is among Liza's treasured possessions?
(a) A birdcage.
(b) A picture of her deceased mother.
(c) A fashionable dress that she has never worn.
(d) A book of Shakespeare's plays.

5. What does Higgins think of the way the Flower Girl speaks?
(a) He is offended by the curse words she uses, saying it is improper for a lady.
(b) It makes her sound uneducated, but it is quaint and cute.
(c) He thinks she has a natural poetic gift.
(d) It is disgusting and depressing, and an insult to the English language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the taxicab driver realize about Liza that humiliates her?

2. What does Shaw try to do for Sweet?

3. What does Sweet think of the Pitman system?

4. Which of the following first interests Higgins about Liza?

5. What does the Gentleman (Pickering) study?

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