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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 Higgins say he can do for the Flower Girl (Liza)?
(a) He can make her rich.
(b) He can teach her to speak properly.
(c) He can give her a proper education.
(d) He can make her a Duchess.

2. What should happen with the spelling of the English language, according to Shaw?
(a) It should be emphasized more in school so that everyone can learn to spell correctly.
(b) Standardized spelling should disregarded as unnecessary; people should simply sound out words and apply the approximate phonetic spelling.
(c) It should be made as phonetic as Spanish.
(d) It should be simplified to get rid of silent letters.

3. How does Higgins make his money?
(a) He is an inventor.
(b) He writes plays.
(c) He teaches people to speak with a proper accent.
(d) He is a professor at Oxford.

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

5. What can Higgins guess about people?
(a) What their job is.
(b) Their secret desires and dreams.
(c) Where they are from.
(d) Their age.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Act 1 of the play set?

3. When Liza comes to see Higgins in Act 2, what does she ask him to do?

4. Why does Liza become upset with Higgins?

5. To Shaw, what is the main advantage of Henry Sweet's "Current Shorthand"?

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