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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 think is a disgusting sight?
(a) A woman "s'yollin voylets" (selling violets) in the gutter.
(b) An ungrateful, snobbish woman.
(c) A woman fetching a man's slippers like a slave.
(d) A woman shouting for independence.

2. What does Mrs. Higgins say Pickering and Higgins have done wrong?
(a) They should have paid Liza a regular wage.
(b) They should never have taught Liza.
(c) They should not have kicked her out.
(d) They should have complimented Liza.

3. To whom does Liza plan to go for advice the day after she leaves Higgins?
(a) Pickering.
(b) Mrs. Pearce.
(c) Her father.
(d) Mrs. Higgins.

4. How is Mrs. Higgins portrayed?
(a) Adoring of her son, her only child.
(b) Very controlling of her son.
(c) Elegant and sensible.
(d) Silly and snobbish.

5. About how much do Liza's clothes cost?
(a) 1000 pounds
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 1200 pounds.
(d) 200 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Higgins, what is Freddy?

2. What does Neppomuck think must be Liza's true background?

3. For whom or what does Pickering say the evening has been a real triumph?

4. What shocking fact does Liza reveal about her father while talking with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?

5. What skill does Neppomuck have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Higgins and her relationship with her son.

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Higgins say when she learns the two men have phoned the police at the beginning of Act 5? What does Mrs. Higgins realize about Liza that the two men do not?

5. Describe Neppomuck. Who is he, and what does Higgins think of him?

6. What do Neppomuck and the ambassador's wife conclude about Liza? What does it suggest about class differences and about high society that Liza is so easily able to fool everyone at the party?

7. What does Pickering think about the evening? How do his feelings differ from Higgins's? How does he succeed in hurting Liza as well?

8. What type of job does Liza propose to do in the final act? Why might she be better at this job than Higgins?

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

10. 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?

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