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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the Flower Girl?
(a) She is "sweet sixteen."
(b) She is about eighteen or twenty.
(c) She is only fourteen or fifteen.
(d) She has just turned twenty-one.

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

3. Why doesn't Sweet's shorthand become popular?
(a) It is not a complete and exact phonetic script.
(b) It is not legible.
(c) It is very difficult to learn.
(d) He does not have the business organization he needs to popularize it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on what you read in the Preface, with which of the following statements do you think Shaw would agree?

2. What does the Flower Girl call the Gentleman?

3. Why is Clara annoyed with her mother?

4. What is Freddy looking for at the beginning of Act 1?

5. What happens to the Flower Girl's basket?

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