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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. How does Higgins make his money?
(a) He is a professor at Oxford.
(b) He writes plays.
(c) He is an inventor.
(d) He teaches people to speak with a proper accent.

2. Which of the following first interests Higgins about Liza?
(a) Her exceptional beauty.
(b) Her ability to survive on the tough urban streets.
(c) Her cleverness.
(d) Her Cockney accent.

3. What does Higgins say he can do for the Flower Girl (Liza)?
(a) He can give her a proper education.
(b) He can make her a Duchess.
(c) He can make her rich.
(d) He can teach her to speak properly.

4. To what does Higgins compare Liza?
(a) A flower in the mud.
(b) The Queen of Sheba.
(c) A diamond in the rough.
(d) A squashed cabbage-leaf.

5. How much money does Doolittle demand from Higgins in exchange for his daughter?
(a) Five pounds.
(b) Ten pounds.
(c) One hundred pounds.
(d) Fifty pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Shaw first become interested in the subject of phonetics?

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

3. Which of the following is among Liza's treasured possessions?

4. What does Higgins tempt Liza with just as she is about to leave?

5. Why does Shaw's attempt to help Sweet fail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What should all great art be, according to Shaw? Do you agree? What does Shaw hope his play will teach?

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

4. Why does Liza's father come to see Higgins?

5. Why are shorthand methods inadequate for ordinary use?

6. Describe Henry Sweet.

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

8. Who are some of the most important people in England, according to Shaw? Why do you think this is so, again, according to Shaw?

9. What does Liza likely mean when she says "I'm a good girl, I am"? Why does she say this?

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

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