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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 doesn't care one way or the other.
(d) He will miss her.

2. What does Liza think about the party?
(a) She thinks she can never fit in with all these people.
(b) She is dazzled by all the glamour and glitz and never wants it to end.
(c) She agrees with Higgins that high society parties are dreadfully boring.
(d) She is delighted that she is causing such a sensation.

3. What is Mrs. Higgins concerned about after meeting Liza at the social visit in Act 3?
(a) How many people Liza will offend with her shocking talk.
(b) What will happen to Liza when the experiment is over.
(c) Whether Liza will be able to pass as a lady.
(d) Whether her son will fall in love with Liza.

4. What shocking thing does Liza tell her listeners at the social visit with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?
(a) She believes her aunt was murdered over a hat.
(b) Her aunt caught diphtheria and died a horrible death.
(c) She is in love with Colonel Pickering.
(d) She is in love with Freddy.

5. What does Liza say she doesn't want to be accused of?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) Prostitution.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which best describes Liza's mood when the group first returns home from the party?

3. What does Higgins say Liza might do next?

4. Where is Liza at the beginning of Act 5?

5. Why is Liza so angry with Higgins after the party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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