View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe the Flower Girl's appearance?
(a) She has bad teeth.
(b) She is very clean and neat.
(c) Her hair needs to be brushed.
(d) She is wearing a black sailor hat.

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

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

4. 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) It can be used on postcards, where there is limited space to write.
(d) Everyone is familiar with it, as it is widely taught in secretarial schools.

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

6. How does Higgins make his money?
(a) He writes plays.
(b) He teaches people to speak with a proper accent.
(c) He is an inventor.
(d) He is a professor at Oxford.

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

8. What is Freddy looking for at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Flowers for his mother.
(b) Someone to love.
(c) Tickets to the theater.
(d) A taxicab.

9. What does the Flower Girl call the Gentleman?
(a) Captain.
(b) Father.
(c) Sir.
(d) Governor.

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

11. What happens to the Flower Girl's basket?
(a) Someone steals it.
(b) It is knocked to the ground by Freddy.
(c) The police seize it, saying she has no license to sell flowers.
(d) It is knocked to the ground by Higgins.

12. What does Higgins say he can do for the Flower Girl (Liza)?
(a) He can teach her to speak properly.
(b) He can make her a Duchess.
(c) He can give her a proper education.
(d) He can make her rich.

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

14. Why doesHenry Sweet not become more prominent?
(a) He scorns everyone who did not agree with him about the importance of phonetics.
(b) He angera many people by publishing a libelous article.
(c) Nobody agrees with him that phonetics are important.
(d) He is an ill-natured man.

15. What are the Pitman and Gregg systems?
(a) Phonetic alphabets.
(b) Successful business organizations.
(c) Early dictaphones.
(d) Popular systems of shorthand.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long will Liza stay with Higgins as his pupil?

2. What is one example Shaw gives of when people might want to change their accents?

3. What is Liza afraid will kill her?

4. Why doesn't Sweet's shorthand become popular?

5. Who is Alexander Melville Bell?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 681 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample