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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should happen with the spelling of the English language, according to Shaw?
(a) Standardized spelling should disregarded as unnecessary; people should simply sound out words and apply the approximate phonetic spelling.
(b) It should be emphasized more in school so that everyone can learn to spell correctly.
(c) It should be made as phonetic as Spanish.
(d) It should be simplified to get rid of silent letters.

2. Of what does Mrs. Pearce warn Higgins?
(a) She warns him to be polite and not swear around Liza.
(b) She warns him that Liza's father may come for her.
(c) She warns him that Liza may be dishonest and should be watched carefully.
(d) She warns him not to take sexual advantage of Liza.

3. Who is in Higgins's laboratory with Higgins at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Mrs. Pearce.
(b) Nobody; Higgins is alone.
(c) Pickering.
(d) Liza Doolittle.

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

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

6. What does Liza want to do after her bath?
(a) Start her lessons immediately.
(b) Change back into her old clothes since she feels uncomfortable this way.
(c) Have a serious talk with her father.
(d) Go out and show off her new clothes.

7. Who is Tito Pagliardini?
(a) An opera singer.
(b) A playwright.
(c) A phonetics expert.
(d) An expert in Italian dialects.

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

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

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

11. How does Liza feel about the bedroom she'll be staying in?
(a) She's not used to sleeping in a bed and it seems very strange to her.
(b) She says it makes her feel like a duchess.
(c) She's amazed by its luxurious furnishings.
(d) She thinks it's too good and clean for the likes of her.

12. According to Shaw, what can people do to get rid of their low-class accents?
(a) They must be trained by a phonetics expert.
(b) People should not try to get rid of their low-class accents; they should be proud of the way they speak.
(c) It cannot be done in real life.
(d) They should imitate people who speak proper English.

13. What does an upside-down e represent?
(a) A vowel of indefinite sound.
(b) It is a symbol of the uselessnesss of alphabets.
(c) It is similar to a question mark.
(d) An uncommon vowel in English.

14. Who is Robert Bridges and what does he have in common with Higgins?
(a) A portrait painter who, like Higgins, loved phonetics.
(b) A professor at Oxford who, like Higgins, had a fiery temper.
(c) An expert in shorthand who, like Higgins, lived in England.
(d) A phonetician who, like Higgins, greatly admired Milton.

15. What is Liza's father's profession?
(a) Thief.
(b) Taxicab driver.
(c) Bartender.
(d) Trash collector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Higgins give Liza in Act 2 when she begins to cry?

2. What mistake does Liza make in the bathroom?

3. At which university does Sweet teach?

4. When does Shaw first become interested in the subject of phonetics?

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

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