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

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

3. How does the Flower Girl know Freddy's name?
(a) She heard the women call him by that name.
(b) She doesn't; she calls all young men "Freddy" or "Charlie."
(c) They are secretly lovers.
(d) She has seen him somewhere before.

4. What are the Pitman and Gregg systems?
(a) Phonetic alphabets.
(b) Early dictaphones.
(c) Popular systems of shorthand.
(d) Successful business organizations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Liza's father's profession?

2. At which university does Sweet teach?

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

4. Which of the following describes the Gentleman (later identified as Pickering)?

5. Where does Liza tell Freddy she is going at the end of Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the note-taker, and what is he actually doing?

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

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

4. Why does the English language need to be reformed, according to Shaw?

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

6. What bet does Pickering make with Higgins? Why does Higgins accept?

7. What are three methods of phonetic shorthand that Shaw mentions in Pygmalion, and what are they used for?

8. What does Higgins think of the Flower Girl's accent? What humorous hyperbole does he use in speaking to her?

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

10. Why are shorthand methods inadequate for ordinary use?

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