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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Freddy looking for at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Tickets to the theater.
(b) Flowers for his mother.
(c) Someone to love.
(d) A taxicab.

2. 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) Truly great art should not seek to be commercially successful.
(c) Great art should not seek to teach lessons, but to entertain.
(d) All great art must be didactic; that is, it should teach people something.

3. What is NOT one of Henry Higgins's faults?
(a) He sometimes has tantrums when things go wrong.
(b) He is willing to be malicious and cruel in order to get ahead.
(c) He can be a bully.
(d) He is careless about other people's feelings.

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

5. Which of the following does Shaw identify as a problem among his fellow English?
(a) The English are snobs who look down on people who can't speak English.
(b) The English are poor spellers.
(c) The English do not bother to learn other European languages.
(d) The English can't speak their own language properly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes Liza's home?

2. What mistake does Liza make in the bathroom?

3. Who is Alexander Melville Bell?

4. When does Shaw first become interested in the subject of phonetics?

5. What is a problem with the English language, according to Shaw?

(see the answer key)

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