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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does Neppomuck have?
(a) He is a clever international spy who can read people's body language.
(b) He can do magic tricks and sleight of hand.
(c) He is an interpreter who knows 32 languages.
(d) He is a psychic capable of reading the secret thoughts of people.

2. What type of person does Shaw indicate is the hero of Pygmalion?
(a) A low-class person who cannot speak the language properly.
(b) A multilinguist and expert in Latinate languages.
(c) An energetic enthusiast who supports language reform.
(d) A professor of English literatures specializing in Shakespeare and Milton.

3. Which of the following is among Liza's treasured possessions?
(a) A birdcage.
(b) A picture of her deceased mother.
(c) A fashionable dress that she has never worn.
(d) A book of Shakespeare's plays.

4. Which best describes Liza's mood when the group first returns home from the party?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Quietly triumphant.
(c) Furious.
(d) Tired and brooding.

5. How does a woman like Liza choose who she will marry?
(a) Based on good looks and youthfulness.
(b) She goes by instinct.
(c) Based on income, or whether he will be a good provider.
(d) She looks for someone like her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Liza tell Freddy she is going at the end of Act 1?

2. In the last part of Act 3, Higgins and Pickering take Liza for her final test. Where does this "test" take place?

3. What does the Gentleman (Pickering) study?

4. What is Freddy looking for at the beginning of Act 1?

5. Who is Robert Bridges and what does he have in common with Higgins?

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