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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Why does Liza become upset with Higgins?
(a) He won't give her any money.
(b) He makes fun of her accent in front of everyone.
(c) He knocks over her basket of flowers.
(d) She thinks he's spying on her for the police.

3. 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.

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

5. What is Liza afraid will kill her?
(a) A bath.
(b) Her father, if he finds out where she is.
(c) The draft from the window.
(d) The electric lights.

6. Where is Act 1 of the play set?
(a) In front of a church.
(b) In a park.
(c) At a theater.
(d) At a train station.

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

8. What does the taxicab driver realize about Liza that humiliates her?
(a) She lives in a slum.
(b) She's never ridden in a taxi before and has no idea how much it costs.
(c) She doesn't have any money and cannot pay for the taxi.
(d) She is really a prostitute.

9. 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.

10. On what basis do some English people despise others?
(a) Their socioeconomic class.
(b) Their level of education.
(c) Whether they are foreign or native-born citizens.
(d) Their accents or dialects of English.

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

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

13. 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) She is wearing a black sailor hat.
(d) Her hair needs to be brushed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Higgins think of the way the Flower Girl speaks?

2. How does Liza feel about the bedroom she'll be staying in?

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

4. Which of the following does Shaw identify as a problem among his fellow English?

5. What does the Gentleman (Pickering) study?

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