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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Shaw first become interested in the subject of phonetics?
(a) Around 1910.
(b) In the 1870s.
(c) Around 1890.
(d) In the 1850s.

3. What makes Liza happy at the end of the evening?
(a) Higgins promises to give her lessons.
(b) She sold all her flowers.
(c) Freddy is falling in love with her.
(d) Higgins gives her a pocketful of change.

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

5. Why doesHenry Sweet not become more prominent?
(a) He scorns everyone who did not agree with him about the importance of phonetics.
(b) Nobody agrees with him that phonetics are important.
(c) He angera many people by publishing a libelous article.
(d) He is an ill-natured man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which system does Shaw use to write his Preface?

2. Which of the following describes the Gentleman (later identified as Pickering)?

3. Which character in Pygmalion is based in part on Henry Sweet?

4. What does Sweet think of the Pitman system?

5. What type of person does Shaw indicate is the hero of Pygmalion?

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