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

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

3. Where is Liza at the beginning of Act 5?
(a) With Freddy.
(b) With Mrs. Higgins.
(c) With her father.
(d) Back in Covent Garden, wandering in the vegetable market.

4. What does Higgins eat while he talks of Liza's future?
(a) A pear.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) An apple.
(d) Grapes.

5. In the last part of Act 3, Higgins and Pickering take Liza for her final test. Where does this "test" take place?
(a) At a party at the Embassy.
(b) At a Beethoven concert.
(c) At a grand ball in Buckingham Palace.
(d) At the prestigious Ascot horse races.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Freddy tell the officer?

4. What shocking word does Liza use during the social visit with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?

5. What does Higgins say to Liza after she faces up to him and hurts his feelings in Act 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do Freddy and Clara feel about Liza after meeting her, and why do they probably feel this way?

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

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

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

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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