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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What should happen with the spelling of the English language, according to Shaw?
(a) It should be simplified to get rid of silent letters.
(b) It should be made as phonetic as Spanish.
(c) Standardized spelling should disregarded as unnecessary; people should simply sound out words and apply the approximate phonetic spelling.
(d) It should be emphasized more in school so that everyone can learn to spell correctly.
2. What happens to the Flower Girl's basket?
(a) It is knocked to the ground by Higgins.
(b) The police seize it, saying she has no license to sell flowers.
(c) Someone steals it.
(d) It is knocked to the ground by Freddy.
3. Which of the following first interests Higgins about Liza?
(a) Her Cockney accent.
(b) Her exceptional beauty.
(c) Her cleverness.
(d) Her ability to survive on the tough urban streets.
4. What bet does Higgins make with Pickering?
(a) That he can pass Liza off as a lady at the ambassador's garden party.
(b) That he can teach Liza to speak perfect English in three weeks.
(c) That Liza will marry the Duke and become a Duchess.
(d) That he can seduce Liza and make her fall in love with him in three months.
5. Which elements of the English alphabet have no agreed speech value?
(a) The vowels.
(b) The consonants and some vowels.
(c) The vowels and some consonants.
(d) The consonants.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Doolittle promise to do with the money?
2. What does Sweet think of the Pitman system?
3. What is Higgins the author of?
4. What type of person does Shaw indicate is the hero of Pygmalion?
5. What does Higgins give Liza in Act 2 when she begins to cry?
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