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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface to Pygmalion. A Professor of Phonetics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which system does Shaw use to write his Preface?
(a) Current Shorthand.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) Gregg.
(d) Pitman.

2. What is one of Shaw's purposes in writing this play?
(a) To encourage people to value all types of accents in English.
(b) To let people know of the existence of phoneticians and how important they are.
(c) To entertain people and make them forget their worries for another day.
(d) To make people aware of the social inequalities in England.

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

4. What are the Pitman and Gregg systems?
(a) Early dictaphones.
(b) Popular systems of shorthand.
(c) Successful business organizations.
(d) Phonetic alphabets.

5. Which is true of Pygmalion at the time Shaw wrote his Preface?
(a) It is extremely successful on stage and screen all over North America and Europe.
(b) It is extremely successful in America, but not in Europe.
(c) It is extremely successful on stage, and he hopes to make a movie of it.
(d) It is extremely successful in Europe, and he hopes to make it so in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which university does Sweet teach?

2. What does Sweet think of the Pitman system?

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

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

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

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