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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the strange man (Higgins) doing behind the pillar?
(a) Waiting for a taxicab.
(b) Hiding from the police.
(c) Spying on Liza.
(d) Taking notes.

2. What does Higgins say about women?
(a) He's happier without them and is a confirmed bachelor.
(b) He has a hard time controlling himself around beautiful women.
(c) He thinks men are superior to women and should tell them what to do.
(d) He thinks all women are silly creatures, like animals.

3. Which is true of Pygmalion at the time Shaw wrote his Preface?
(a) It is extremely successful in America, but not in Europe.
(b) It is extremely successful in Europe, and he hopes to make it so in America.
(c) It is extremely successful on stage, and he hopes to make a movie of it.
(d) It is extremely successful on stage and screen all over North America and Europe.

4. What does Higgins think of the way the Flower Girl speaks?
(a) He is offended by the curse words she uses, saying it is improper for a lady.
(b) It is disgusting and depressing, and an insult to the English language.
(c) It makes her sound uneducated, but it is quaint and cute.
(d) He thinks she has a natural poetic gift.

5. How much money does Doolittle demand from Higgins in exchange for his daughter?
(a) Ten pounds.
(b) Fifty pounds.
(c) One hundred pounds.
(d) Five pounds.

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

7. What does Sweet send Shaw?
(a) Books.
(b) Money.
(c) Letters.
(d) Postcards.

8. What does Higgins give Liza in Act 2 when she begins to cry?
(a) A meal.
(b) A handkerchief to wipe her nose with.
(c) A shilling for the taxi.
(d) A whack on the bum with a broomstick.

9. Why does Shaw's attempt to help Sweet fail?
(a) Sweet has no interest in promoting his ideas to the public.
(b) Sweet looks down on the theater as unacademic.
(c) Sweet dies before he can see the play.
(d) Sweet only writes libelous articles against his fellow academics.

10. How is Henry Higgins described?
(a) He is thin and feeble, but has a strong scientific mind.
(b) He is young and handsome, but sloppy in his dress.
(c) He is elderly and distinguished, with the appearance of a scholar.
(d) He is about forty years old, strong and energetic.

11. What does Higgins ask Mrs. Pearce to do with Liza's clothing?
(a) Throw it away.
(b) Burn it at once.
(c) Wash it in boiling water to kill the mites.
(d) Sew it so that it doesn't look so raggedy.

12. What makes Liza happy at the end of the evening?
(a) Freddy is falling in love with her.
(b) Higgins gives her a pocketful of change.
(c) Higgins promises to give her lessons.
(d) She sold all her flowers.

13. What should happen with the English alphabet, according to Shaw?
(a) It should be completely modified to conform with classical Greek letters.
(b) It should be the same as the Spanish alphabet.
(c) It should be simplified to include only the most essential letters.
(d) It should be increased to the size of the Russian alphabet.

14. To Shaw, what is the main advantage of Henry Sweet's "Current Shorthand"?
(a) It can express every sound in the language perfectly.
(b) It can be used as a kind of secret code or cryptogram.
(c) Everyone is familiar with it, as it is widely taught in secretarial schools.
(d) It can be used on postcards, where there is limited space to write.

15. What can Higgins guess about people?
(a) Their age.
(b) Where they are from.
(c) Their secret desires and dreams.
(d) What their job is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Higgins notice about Liza's father, Doolittle?

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

3. When Liza comes to see Higgins in Act 2, what does she ask him to do?

4. What does Higgins tempt Liza with just as she is about to leave?

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

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