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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. Why is Pickering afraid at the party?
(a) Neppomuck is on the verge of discovering the truth about Liza.
(b) Liza makes a mistake when she says a shocking word.
(c) Liza is playing the part too well.
(d) The ambassador's wife asks too many questions.

2. What does Higgins think of Liza at the end of Act 5?
(a) She is a tower of strength.
(b) She's an ignorant fool.
(c) She's the loveliest girl he's ever seen.
(d) She's a millstone around his neck.

3. What does Higgins think of his mother?
(a) He puts up with her because he loves her so much.
(b) He adores her and finds her the model of all lovable women.
(c) He is annoyed by her nagging.
(d) He thinks she is like all other women, a silly fool.

4. While talking with the Eynsford Hills at the social visit in Act 3, what does Higgins say all people really are?
(a) Equals under the sight of God.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Animals.
(d) Savages.

5. Why is Freddy waiting outside Higgins's house when Liza leaves Higgins?
(a) He wants to congratulate her on her success.
(b) He is hoping she will run away with him.
(c) He watches her window every night.
(d) To ask her to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liza plan to do for money?

2. What is Mrs. Higgins concerned about after meeting Liza at the social visit in Act 3?

3. Which of the following does Higgins call Liza in Act 4 when she bursts out in a rage at him?

4. What does Higgins say Liza might do next?

5. What do Pickering and Higgins say makes Liza a "genius"?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Liza say about marriage in Act 4? What does her statement reveal about her morals?

7. What does Higgins conclude about the evening and about their joint project at the beginning of Act 4? What does he say that hurts Liza's feelings?

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

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

10. 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?

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