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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new skill does Liza have?
(a) She plays the piano beautifully.
(b) She speaks perfect French.
(c) She cooks delicious meals for Higgins.
(d) She has learned the fine art of conversation.

2. When Liza meets Freddy in the street at the end of Act 4, where does she say she is going?
(a) To kill herself.
(b) To see her father.
(c) To Buckingham Palace.
(d) Back to the slums where she belongs.

3. What does Neppomuck think must be Liza's true background?
(a) She was educated in France.
(b) She is American.
(c) She is a Hungarian princess.
(d) She is a European duchess.

4. What does Higgins think is a disgusting sight?
(a) A woman fetching a man's slippers like a slave.
(b) An ungrateful, snobbish woman.
(c) A woman "s'yollin voylets" (selling violets) in the gutter.
(d) A woman shouting for independence.

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

6. What does Higgins say to Liza after she faces up to him and hurts his feelings in Act 4?
(a) She has wounded him to the core.
(b) He always loved her, although she never knew it.
(c) Such an insignificant girl as her can never hurt him.
(d) There can never be any feeling between the likes of her and the likes of him.

7. In Act 5, Doolittle reveals that he is miserable because certain people are hounding him. Who are these people, and why are they after Doolitttle?
(a) Women, who want to marry him.
(b) The police, who think he is guilty of stealing the money.
(c) Creditors, asking him to pay his debts.
(d) His relatives, asking for money.

8. While talking with the Eynsford Hills at the social visit in Act 3, what does Higgins say all people really are?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Savages.
(c) Animals.
(d) Equals under the sight of God.

9. Who is delighted with Liza's "small talk" during the social visit with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?
(a) Mrs. Higgins.
(b) Mrs. Eynsford Hill.
(c) Freddy and Clara.
(d) Higgins and Pickering.

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

11. What is striking about Neppomuck's appearance?
(a) He is exceptionally handsome.
(b) He is extremely large and burly.
(c) He has very dark, swarthy skin.
(d) He has a very hairy face.

12. What does Higgins offer to do for Liza at the end of the play?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Get her a flower shop.
(c) Adopt her as his daughter.
(d) Pay for her to go to school.

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

14. What is the difference between a lady and a flower girl?
(a) How she speaks.
(b) How she's treated.
(c) Her moral values.
(d) How she behaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Higgins concerned about after meeting Liza at the social visit in Act 3?

2. Whom do Higgins and Pickering call on the phone when they find Liza missing?

3. What does Freddy tell the officer?

4. What does Liza plan to do for money?

5. According to Higgins, what is Freddy?

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