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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the strange man (Higgins) doing behind the pillar?
(a) Waiting for a taxicab.
(b) Taking notes.
(c) Hiding from the police.
(d) Spying on Liza.

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

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

4. Where is Act 1 of the play set?
(a) In a park.
(b) At a train station.
(c) In front of a church.
(d) At a theater.

5. Why does Shaw's attempt to help Sweet fail?
(a) Sweet has no interest in promoting his ideas to the public.
(b) Sweet dies before he can see the play.
(c) Sweet only writes libelous articles against his fellow academics.
(d) Sweet looks down on the theater as unacademic.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the taxicab driver realize about Liza that humiliates her?

4. What are the Pitman and Gregg systems?

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

(see the answer key)

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