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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sweet think of the Pitman system?
(a) He despises it.
(b) He doesn't like it because it is not phonetic.
(c) He never knows of it because he dies before it is invented.
(d) He thinks it is brilliant and uses it as a model.

2. When Liza comes to see Higgins in Act 2, what does she ask him to do?
(a) Make her into a duchess.
(b) Return the money he took the night before.
(c) Help her open a flower shop.
(d) Give her speech lessons.

3. Of what does Mrs. Pearce warn Higgins?
(a) She warns him not to take sexual advantage of Liza.
(b) She warns him to be polite and not swear around Liza.
(c) She warns him that Liza's father may come for her.
(d) She warns him that Liza may be dishonest and should be watched carefully.

4. When does Shaw first become interested in the subject of phonetics?
(a) Around 1910.
(b) In the 1870s.
(c) Around 1890.
(d) In the 1850s.

5. What mistake does Liza make in the bathroom?
(a) She thinks the bathtub is for washing clothes.
(b) She uses the toothbrush to brush her hair.
(c) She thinks the toilet is for washing hands.
(d) She burns herself with the hot water in the bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in Higgins's laboratory with Higgins at the beginning of Act 2?

2. Where does Liza tell Freddy she is going at the end of Act 1?

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

4. What does Sweet send Shaw?

5. Which comment does Shaw make about the realism in his play?

(see the answer key)

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