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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Mrs. Higgins's drawing room.
(b) Mrs. Eynsford Hill's parlor.
(c) The Embassy.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

2. What does Liza throw at Higgins when they return home after the party?
(a) His slippers.
(b) A book about his precious alphabet.
(c) All her jewelry.
(d) The ring he bought her.

3. Which of the following does Shaw identify as a problem among his fellow English?
(a) The English do not bother to learn other European languages.
(b) The English can't speak their own language properly.
(c) The English are snobs who look down on people who can't speak English.
(d) The English are poor spellers.

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

5. What does the taxicab driver realize about Liza that humiliates her?
(a) She lives in a slum.
(b) She's never ridden in a taxi before and has no idea how much it costs.
(c) She doesn't have any money and cannot pay for the taxi.
(d) She is really a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What insulting term does Higgins use to describe Liza in Act 2?

3. Which is true of Pygmalion at the time Shaw wrote his Preface?

4. What is the Flower Girl selling?

5. What does Mrs. Higgins say Pickering and Higgins have done wrong?

(see the answer key)

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