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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of Henry Higgins's faults?
(a) He sometimes has tantrums when things go wrong.
(b) He can be a bully.
(c) He is willing to be malicious and cruel in order to get ahead.
(d) He is careless about other people's feelings.

2. When Liza comes to see Higgins in Act 2, what does she ask him to do?
(a) Make her into a duchess.
(b) Return the money he took the night before.
(c) Give her speech lessons.
(d) Help her open a flower shop.

3. Based on what you read in the Preface, with which of the following statements do you think Shaw would agree?
(a) Truly great art should not seek to be commercially successful.
(b) All great art must be didactic; that is, it should teach people something.
(c) Great art should not seek to teach lessons, but to entertain.
(d) Great art cannot please everyone; there will always be some wiseacres who cannot appreciate it.

4. What does Doolittle promise to do with the money?
(a) Keep it for Liza.
(b) Save it and use it wisely.
(c) Buy something for his wife.
(d) Spend it all immediately on a drinking spree.

5. Why is Clara annoyed with her mother?
(a) She gives the Flower Girl too much money.
(b) She doesn't give the Flower Girl any money.
(c) She acts superior to the Flower Girl.
(d) She won't buy any flowers for Clara.

6. At which university does Sweet teach?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) The Imperial Institute in London.

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

8. Why doesn't Sweet's shorthand become popular?
(a) He does not have the business organization he needs to popularize it.
(b) It is very difficult to learn.
(c) It is not legible.
(d) It is not a complete and exact phonetic script.

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

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

11. Where does Liza tell Freddy she is going at the end of Act 1?
(a) To see Higgins.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) Home.
(d) To jump in the river.

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

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

14. What insulting term does Higgins use to describe Liza in Act 2?
(a) Filthy tramp.
(b) Draggle-tailed guttersnipe.
(c) Foul-mouthed imp.
(d) Idle-headed fool.

15. Which best describes the first scene?
(a) A cold, wintry evening.
(b) A dark and rainy night.
(c) A hot and sweltering day.
(d) Early morning, just before dawn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Higgins say he can do for the Flower Girl (Liza)?

3. What surprises Mrs. Pearce?

4. Which comment does Shaw make about the realism in his play?

5. Why can't Liza read what Higgins writes?

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