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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 say he will do if Liza doesn't come back?
(a) He will kill himself.
(b) He will forget her.
(c) He will miss her.
(d) He doesn't care one way or the other.

2. Who says, "I havnt any small talk. If people would only be frank and say what they really think!"
(a) Freddy.
(b) Liza.
(c) Clara.
(d) Higgins.

3. What does Liza do when she looks into the mirror?
(a) Breaks into a self-satisfied smile.
(b) Screams in rage.
(c) Sticks her tongue out at herself.
(d) Bursts into tears.

4. What does Liza say she never did when she was a flower girl?
(a) Cry for love.
(b) Put herself on display like a bird in a cage.
(c) Obey a man.
(d) Sell herself for money.

5. Why is Liza's father, Doolittle, upset with Higgins?
(a) Higgins has made him a respectable gentleman.
(b) He thinks Higgins has kicked Liza out.
(c) He thinks Higgins has taken advantage of Liza.
(d) Higgins has made him lose all his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Liza meets Freddy in the street at the end of Act 4, where does she say she is going?

2. What does Higgins say Liza might do next?

3. What does Mrs. Higgins say Pickering and Higgins have done wrong?

4. How is Mrs. Higgins portrayed?

5. What does Liza say when she sees her father looking so different in Act 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Liza ultimately think of the party and of her success at the end of Act 3?

2. How does Liza succeed in hurting Higgins in Act 4?

3. Why is Liza so upset in Act 4? What does she want to know?

4. During the social visit with Mrs. Higgins and the Eynsford Hills, what does Liza say that is shocking?

5. How does Freddy feel about Liza and what does he want from her? How is he different from Higgins?

6. Does Higgins really not care about Liza? How can you tell? What comments and reactions on Higgins's part show that he is growing fond of Eliza?

7. How does Higgins behave during the social visit? Explain. What does this "gentleman's" ungentlemanly behavior suggest about class differences?

8. Why is Pickering just as important to Liza's transformation as Higgins, if not more so? What is he able to teach her that Higgins could not?

9. Why is Doolittle unhappy with his new status? What is ironic about this?

10. What does Higgins mean when he says that "my manners are exactly the same as Pickering's"? In what sense is he right? In what sense is he wrong?

(see the answer keys)

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