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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 Higgins the author of?
(a) Famous books about Shakespeare and Milton.
(b) Spoken Sanscrit.
(c) The play that everyone has seen that evening.
(d) Higgins's Universal Alphabet.

2. Who is in Higgins's laboratory with Higgins at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Nobody; Higgins is alone.
(b) Mrs. Pearce.
(c) Pickering.
(d) Liza Doolittle.

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

4. What happened to Liza's parents?
(a) She has no parents; they are dead.
(b) They are too poor to take care of her, so she lives on her own.
(c) Her father is gone and her stepfather beats her.
(d) She has no mother, and her father and stepmother kicked her out.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is among Liza's treasured possessions?

3. Why does Shaw's attempt to help Sweet fail?

4. Who is Henry Sweet?

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

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