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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Alexander Melville Bell?
(a) A London patriarch.
(b) A playwright who was a rival of Shaw's.
(c) A phonetics expert who invented a phonetic spelling called Visible Speech.
(d) The inventor of the telephone.

2. What does Liza do when she looks into the mirror?
(a) Bursts into tears.
(b) Screams in rage.
(c) Sticks her tongue out at herself.
(d) Breaks into a self-satisfied smile.

3. To what does Higgins compare Liza?
(a) The Queen of Sheba.
(b) A flower in the mud.
(c) A squashed cabbage-leaf.
(d) A diamond in the rough.

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

5. What does the taxicab driver realize about Liza that humiliates her?
(a) She lives in a slum.
(b) She doesn't have any money and cannot pay for the taxi.
(c) She is really a prostitute.
(d) She's never ridden in a taxi before and has no idea how much it costs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liza ask Higgins about her clothes?

2. To whom does Liza plan to go for advice the day after she leaves Higgins?

3. Who is Henry Sweet?

4. What is the main reason Higgins brings Liza to the social visit at the beginning of Act 3?

5. What does Liza sometimes secretly wish?

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