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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 Liza's father's profession?
(a) Thief.
(b) Trash collector.
(c) Taxicab driver.
(d) Bartender.

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

3. What type of person does Shaw indicate is the hero of Pygmalion?
(a) A low-class person who cannot speak the language properly.
(b) A multilinguist and expert in Latinate languages.
(c) An energetic enthusiast who supports language reform.
(d) A professor of English literatures specializing in Shakespeare and Milton.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe the Flower Girl's appearance?
(a) Her hair needs to be brushed.
(b) She is wearing a black sailor hat.
(c) She has bad teeth.
(d) She is very clean and neat.

5. Which is true of Pygmalion at the time Shaw wrote his Preface?
(a) It is extremely successful on stage, and he hopes to make a movie of it.
(b) It is extremely successful in Europe, and he hopes to make it so in America.
(c) It is extremely successful in America, but not in Europe.
(d) It is extremely successful on stage and screen all over North America and Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Higgins notice about Liza's father, Doolittle?

2. What should happen with the spelling of the English language, according to Shaw?

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

4. To what does Higgins compare Liza?

5. Which elements of the English alphabet have no agreed speech value?

(see the answer key)

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