1. What does Sweet think of the Pitman system?
(a) He despises it.
(b) He thinks it is brilliant and uses it as a model.
(c) He doesn't like it because it is not phonetic.
(d) He never knows of it because he dies before it is invented.

2. Which is true of Pygmalion at the time Shaw wrote his Preface?
(a) It is extremely successful in America, but not in Europe.
(b) It is extremely successful on stage and screen all over North America and 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.

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

4. Who is Robert Bridges and what does he have in common with Higgins?
(a) A portrait painter who, like Higgins, loved phonetics.
(b) A professor at Oxford who, like Higgins, had a fiery temper.
(c) A phonetician who, like Higgins, greatly admired Milton.
(d) An expert in shorthand who, like Higgins, lived in England.

5. What should happen with the spelling of the English language, according to Shaw?
(a) It should be made as phonetic as Spanish.
(b) It should be simplified to get rid of silent letters.
(c) It should be emphasized more in school so that everyone can learn to spell correctly.
(d) Standardized spelling should disregarded as unnecessary; people should simply sound out words and apply the approximate phonetic spelling.