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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 see Higgins.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) Home.
(d) To jump in the river.

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

3. What does Higgins say when he finds that Liza is not married?
(a) She will marry a duke.
(b) Nobody would want to marry the likes of her.
(c) Men will soon be dying for her.
(d) He will marry her himself.

4. What does the Gentleman (Pickering) study?
(a) The psychology of poverty.
(b) American and British slang.
(c) Sociology, or the study of human social behavior.
(d) Dialects spoken in India.

5. What is one example Shaw gives of when people might want to change their accents?
(a) To become teachers.
(b) To play the Queen of Spain onstage.
(c) To meet monarchs such as the Queen of Spain.
(d) To win love.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Act 2, Higgins is shown teaching Liza a lesson. What specifically does Higgins teach Liza?

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

3. What should happen with the spelling of the English language, according to Shaw?

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

5. How does Liza feel about the bedroom she'll be staying in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Henry Sweet.

4. What does Freddy do at the beginning of Act 1 that shows poor manners?

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

6. What does the Flower Girl do at the end of Act 1 that shows she has a sense of pride and dignity about her?

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

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

9. Who is the Gentleman in the first act, and what do he and the note-taker have in common?

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

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