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

2. Why can't Liza read what Higgins writes?
(a) She is uneducated and has never learned how to read.
(b) He uses a phonetic alphabet.
(c) It is written in a cryptic code.
(d) It is written in French, a language she doesn't know.

3. Why doesn't Sweet's shorthand become popular?
(a) It is not legible.
(b) It is very difficult to learn.
(c) He does not have the business organization he needs to popularize it.
(d) It is not a complete and exact phonetic script.

4. Where is Act 1 of the play set?
(a) In a park.
(b) In front of a church.
(c) At a train station.
(d) At a theater.

5. What surprises Mrs. Pearce?
(a) Liza has no underwear.
(b) Liza's clothing is torn and dirty.
(c) Liza never wears pajamas; she sleeps in her underwear.
(d) Liza has only one change of clothing to her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Shaw, what can people do to get rid of their low-class accents?

2. What does Higgins say he can do for the Flower Girl (Liza)?

3. Based on what you read in the Preface, with which of the following statements do you think Shaw would agree?

4. On what basis do some English people despise others?

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

(see the answer key)

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