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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. What does Higgins ask Mrs. Pearce to do with Liza's clothing?
(a) Burn it at once.
(b) Sew it so that it doesn't look so raggedy.
(c) Throw it away.
(d) Wash it in boiling water to kill the mites.

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

3. What happened to Liza's parents?
(a) They are too poor to take care of her, so she lives on her own.
(b) Her father is gone and her stepfather beats her.
(c) She has no mother, and her father and stepmother kicked her out.
(d) She has no parents; they are dead.

4. What does Sweet send Shaw?
(a) Postcards.
(b) Letters.
(c) Money.
(d) Books.

5. Where is Act 1 of the play set?
(a) In a park.
(b) In front of a church.
(c) At a train station.
(d) At a theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liza want to do after her bath?

2. What are the Pitman and Gregg systems?

3. Of what does Mrs. Pearce warn Higgins?

4. What city is the setting of Shaw's play?

5. To Shaw, what is the main advantage of Henry Sweet's "Current Shorthand"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Clara and her mother different?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the Flower Girl.

10. Why are shorthand methods inadequate for ordinary use?

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