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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 an upside-down e represent?
(a) It is similar to a question mark.
(b) It is a symbol of the uselessnesss of alphabets.
(c) An uncommon vowel in English.
(d) A vowel of indefinite sound.

2. What is the Flower Girl selling?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Roses.
(c) Violets.
(d) Poppies.

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

4. Which of the following best describes Higgins's profession?
(a) Phoneticist.
(b) Playwright.
(c) Linguist.
(d) Sociologist.

5. Which elements of the English alphabet have no agreed speech value?
(a) The vowels.
(b) The consonants and some vowels.
(c) The vowels and some consonants.
(d) The consonants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alexander Melville Bell?

2. Why does Liza become upset with Higgins?

3. Why doesn't Sweet's shorthand become popular?

4. How do the bystanders treat Liza when she becomes upset?

5. What makes Liza happy at the end of the evening?

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