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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Pickering and Higgins say makes Liza a "genius"?
(a) She knows exactly what to say in any social situation.
(b) She can remember all of Higgins's appointments and finds his slippers when he loses them.
(c) She can charm anyone she meets instantly.
(d) She has a perfect ear and can imitate any sound she hears.

2. Whom do Higgins and Pickering call on the phone when they find Liza missing?
(a) The police.
(b) Mrs. Eynsford Hill.
(c) Liza's father.
(d) Mrs. Higgins.

3. Which system does Shaw use to write his Preface?
(a) Current Shorthand.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) Gregg.
(d) Pitman.

4. At which university does Sweet teach?
(a) The Imperial Institute in London.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

5. On what basis do some English people despise others?
(a) Their level of education.
(b) Their accents or dialects of English.
(c) Their socioeconomic class.
(d) Whether they are foreign or native-born citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Higgins say to Liza after she faces up to him and hurts his feelings in Act 4?

2. Whom do Higgins and Pickering go see when they discover Liza is missing?

3. What type of person does Shaw indicate is the hero of Pygmalion?

4. What is NOT one of Henry Higgins's faults?

5. For whom or what does Pickering say the evening has been a real triumph?

(see the answer key)

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