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

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

3. What does Higgins think of Neppomuck?
(a) He is boring.
(b) He is very clever, perhaps too clever.
(c) He is a fool.
(d) He is a perfect companion for Liza.

4. For whom or what does Pickering say the evening has been a real triumph?
(a) For the young science of phonetics.
(b) For Liza.
(c) For humanity.
(d) For Higgins.

5. What does Freddy tell the officer?
(a) To arrest him instead.
(b) Liza is his sister.
(c) Liza is a lady.
(d) They are engaged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Higgins and Pickering fear might happen at the end of Act 3 to spoil their bet?

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

3. What question does Liza have for Higgins after the party is over and they are back at Higgins's home?

4. What is striking about Neppomuck's appearance?

5. What is the difference between a lady and a flower girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Liza finally come into her own as a woman at the end of Act 5?

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. 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?

6. What happens to Doolittle in Act 5? Explain how Higgins is responsible.

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

8. Why doesn't Higgins want Liza to fetch his slippers for him and perform other like tasks?

9. What does Higgins mean when he says that people are really "savages"?

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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