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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) He does not have the business organization he needs to popularize it.
(b) It is not legible.
(c) It is not a complete and exact phonetic script.
(d) It is very difficult to learn.

2. What does Higgins give Liza in Act 2 when she begins to cry?
(a) A meal.
(b) A whack on the bum with a broomstick.
(c) A handkerchief to wipe her nose with.
(d) A shilling for the taxi.

3. What happens to the Flower Girl's basket?
(a) The police seize it, saying she has no license to sell flowers.
(b) It is knocked to the ground by Freddy.
(c) It is knocked to the ground by Higgins.
(d) Someone steals it.

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

5. Which of the following is among Liza's treasured possessions?
(a) A birdcage.
(b) A book of Shakespeare's plays.
(c) A fashionable dress that she has never worn.
(d) A picture of her deceased mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Flower Girl call the Gentleman?

2. Which system does Shaw use to write his Preface?

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

4. Which of the following first interests Higgins about Liza?

5. Who is in Higgins's laboratory with Higgins at the beginning of Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Higgins boast that he can do for the Flower Girl?

2. How does Higgins feel about women?

3. What does Higgins's housekeeper, Mrs. Pearce, think about the plan? Who seems to have a more sensible view of the situation, Higgins or Mrs. Pearce?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Higgins do for the Flower Girl? What prompts him to do so? What does this act suggest about Higgins?

10. Describe Higgins.

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