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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Flower Girl selling?
(a) Violets.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Roses.

2. What is one example Shaw gives of when people might want to change their accents?
(a) To win love.
(b) To become teachers.
(c) To play the Queen of Spain onstage.
(d) To meet monarchs such as the Queen of Spain.

3. What city is the setting of Shaw's play?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

4. Which of the following describes Liza's home?
(a) A dirty shack she shares with her whole family.
(b) A small, shabby room in an alley.
(c) She is homeless and sleeps in an alley.
(d) She sleeps in a suburban kitchen with a fireplace.

5. How is Mrs. Higgins portrayed?
(a) Adoring of her son, her only child.
(b) Very controlling of her son.
(c) Silly and snobbish.
(d) Elegant and sensible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Liza become upset with Higgins?

2. When Liza meets Freddy in the street at the end of Act 4, where does she say she is going?

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

4. What do Higgins and Pickering fear might happen at the end of Act 3 to spoil their bet?

5. What is a problem with the English language, according to Shaw?

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