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

2. What is a problem with the English language, according to Shaw?
(a) It is difficult for foreigners to learn well.
(b) It doesn't have a beautiful sound when spoken.
(c) It is not spelled the way it should be pronounced.
(d) It is a vulgar language when compared to Latinate languages such as French.

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

4. What does Shaw try to do for Sweet?
(a) Involve him in the theater.
(b) Help him get an article published.
(c) Dedicate the play Pygmalion to him.
(d) Get him a teaching position.

5. What does an upside-down e represent?
(a) An uncommon vowel in English.
(b) It is a symbol of the uselessnesss of alphabets.
(c) It is similar to a question mark.
(d) A vowel of indefinite sound.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what basis do some English people despise others?

2. Who is Henry Sweet?

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

4. What is one example Shaw gives of when people might want to change their accents?

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

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