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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Tito Pagliardini?
(a) A playwright.
(b) An expert in Italian dialects.
(c) A phonetics expert.
(d) An opera singer.

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

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

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

5. What makes Liza happy at the end of the evening?
(a) She sold all her flowers.
(b) Freddy is falling in love with her.
(c) Higgins gives her a pocketful of change.
(d) Higgins promises to give her lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Act 1 of the play set?

2. Which best describes the first scene?

3. What does Higgins ask Mrs. Pearce to do with Liza's clothing?

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

5. How is Henry Higgins described?

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