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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Liza tell Freddy she is going at the end of Act 1?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) Home.
(c) To see Higgins.
(d) To jump in the river.

3. What is one example Shaw gives of when people might want to change their accents?
(a) To win love.
(b) To play the Queen of Spain onstage.
(c) To meet monarchs such as the Queen of Spain.
(d) To become teachers.

4. How do the bystanders treat Liza when she becomes upset?
(a) They completely ignore her as if she is invisible.
(b) They are shocked by her bad language.
(c) They tell her to get lost because she is a worthless flower girl.
(d) They are sympathetic to her and defend her.

5. What should happen with the English alphabet, according to Shaw?
(a) It should be increased to the size of the Russian alphabet.
(b) It should be simplified to include only the most essential letters.
(c) It should be completely modified to conform with classical Greek letters.
(d) It should be the same as the Spanish alphabet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Higgins say he can do for the Flower Girl (Liza)?

2. Which of the following first interests Higgins about Liza?

3. According to Shaw, what can people do to get rid of their low-class accents?

4. How does the Flower Girl know Freddy's name?

5. Which best describes the first scene?

(see the answer key)

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