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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the taxicab driver realize about Liza that humiliates her?
(a) She lives in a slum.
(b) She is really a prostitute.
(c) She's never ridden in a taxi before and has no idea how much it costs.
(d) She doesn't have any money and cannot pay for the taxi.

2. What does the Flower Girl call the Gentleman?
(a) Captain.
(b) Sir.
(c) Father.
(d) Governor.

3. Why doesHenry Sweet not become more prominent?
(a) He angera many people by publishing a libelous article.
(b) Nobody agrees with him that phonetics are important.
(c) He scorns everyone who did not agree with him about the importance of phonetics.
(d) He is an ill-natured man.

4. What is Higgins the author of?
(a) Famous books about Shakespeare and Milton.
(b) Higgins's Universal Alphabet.
(c) Spoken Sanscrit.
(d) The play that everyone has seen that evening.

5. Based on what you read in the Preface, with which of the following statements do you think Shaw would agree?
(a) Great art cannot please everyone; there will always be some wiseacres who cannot appreciate it.
(b) All great art must be didactic; that is, it should teach people something.
(c) Great art should not seek to teach lessons, but to entertain.
(d) Truly great art should not seek to be commercially successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Pitman and Gregg systems?

2. What does an upside-down e represent?

3. What should happen with the spelling of the English language, according to Shaw?

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

5. What does Sweet think of the Pitman system?

(see the answer key)

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