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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What surprises Mrs. Pearce?
(a) Liza's clothing is torn and dirty.
(b) Liza has no underwear.
(c) Liza has only one change of clothing to her name.
(d) Liza never wears pajamas; she sleeps in her underwear.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the Flower Girl?

2. How do the bystanders treat Liza when she becomes upset?

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

4. Why doesHenry Sweet not become more prominent?

5. What insulting term does Higgins use to describe Liza in Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Liza become upset when Mrs. Pearce takes her up for a bath? What does this incident show about Liza?

2. Describe Henry Sweet.

3. What would, in Shaw's opinion, be a prodigious advancement in the English language? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

4. What makes some English people despise others? What can we infer would solve this problem?

5. How are Clara and her mother different?

6. How does Higgins feel about women?

7. Describe Higgins's laboratory. What does it reveal about his character?

8. Why does the Flower Girl become upset at the note-taker? What is she most likely afraid of?

9. Why, according to Shaw, is it important that people be trained scientifically to lose their accents, rather than simply learning by imitation?

10. Who are Alexander Melville Bell, Alexander J. Ellis, Tito Pagliardini, and Henry Sweet, and why are they heroes to Shaw?

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