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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Liza think about the party?
(a) She is delighted that she is causing such a sensation.
(b) She thinks she can never fit in with all these people.
(c) She agrees with Higgins that high society parties are dreadfully boring.
(d) She is dazzled by all the glamour and glitz and never wants it to end.

2. What two subjects has Higgins told Liza she must stick to in polite conversation?
(a) Family and friends.
(b) Hobbies and sports.
(c) The weather and politics.
(d) The weather and people's health.

3. How does Higgins promise to treat Liza if she comes back to him?
(a) With respect and care.
(b) Like a duchess.
(c) The same as always.
(d) With all his love.

4. What does Liza say she never did when she was a flower girl?
(a) Sell herself for money.
(b) Put herself on display like a bird in a cage.
(c) Cry for love.
(d) Obey a man.

5. What question does Liza have for Higgins after the party is over and they are back at Higgins's home?
(a) What's to become of me?
(b) Will I ever be a real lady?
(c) Who will ever marry someone like me?
(d) Don't you think I'm beautiful?

6. What upsets Higgins now that Liza is gone?
(a) He doesn't have anyone to find his slippers.
(b) He doesn't know what appointments he has.
(c) He needs her to cook his breakfast.
(d) He misses the sound of her voice.

7. What compliment does Higgins pay Liza during their discussion after the party?
(a) She's a great cook.
(b) She's not bad-looking.
(c) She is a real lady now.
(d) She's really rather clever--for a woman.

8. What does Liza ask Higgins about her clothes?
(a) She asks bitterly whether he finds them beautiful on a poor flower girl.
(b) She asks him if he plans to burn them as he did with her old clothes.
(c) She asks whether they will be any good for her now.
(d) She wants to know if they belong to her or Pickering.

9. What does Liza say she doesn't want to be accused of?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Blackmail.

10. What do Pickering and Higgins say makes Liza a "genius"?
(a) She has a perfect ear and can imitate any sound she hears.
(b) She can charm anyone she meets instantly.
(c) She knows exactly what to say in any social situation.
(d) She can remember all of Higgins's appointments and finds his slippers when he loses them.

11. Who comes looking for Higgins at the beginning of Act 5?
(a) Liza, demanding an apology.
(b) Freddy, to ask Liza's hand in marriage.
(c) The police, to ask him questions.
(d) Liza's father, Doolittle.

12. What does Higgins throw into the fire?
(a) His slippers.
(b) His phonetics books.
(c) The ring he bought Liza.
(d) Liza's treasured hat.

13. What does Liza forget in Act 5?
(a) How good it feels to curse.
(b) All of Higgins' wrongdoing to her.
(c) All of her fathers wrongs to her.
(d) How to speak as she did before.

14. What does Mrs. Higgins think when her son shows up for a social visit at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) She wants to introduce him to some young ladies eligible for marriage.
(b) She wants him to leave because he offends all her friends.
(c) She is delighted and she brags to all her friends about him.
(d) She is delighted to see him and she always begs him to socialize more.

15. What does Liza realize at the end of Act 5?
(a) She's truly and deeply in love with Freddy.
(b) She's truly and deeply in love with Higgins.
(c) She's every bit as good as Higgins.
(d) She's no better than she ever was.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocking word does Liza use during the social visit with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?

2. Why is Doolittle dressed up at the end of the play?

3. Which best describes Liza's mood when the group first returns home from the party?

4. What does Liza throw at Higgins when they return home after the party?

5. Which of the following does Higgins call Liza in Act 4 when she bursts out in a rage at him?

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