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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Flower Girl selling?
(a) Roses.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Violets.

2. Which of the following describes the Gentleman (later identified as Pickering)?
(a) He is an elderly, military type.
(b) He is young and dashing.
(c) He is snobbish and rude.
(d) He is dressed in a uniform.

3. Which is true of Pygmalion at the time Shaw wrote his Preface?
(a) It is extremely successful in Europe, and he hopes to make it so in America.
(b) It is extremely successful on stage and screen all over North America and Europe.
(c) It is extremely successful on stage, and he hopes to make a movie of it.
(d) It is extremely successful in America, but not in Europe.

4. What does an upside-down e represent?
(a) A vowel of indefinite sound.
(b) An uncommon vowel in English.
(c) It is similar to a question mark.
(d) It is a symbol of the uselessnesss of alphabets.

5. When does Shaw first become interested in the subject of phonetics?
(a) Around 1910.
(b) Around 1890.
(c) In the 1870s.
(d) In the 1850s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Shaw identify as a problem among his fellow English?

2. Which of the following first interests Higgins about Liza?

3. Based on what you read in the Preface, with which of the following statements do you think Shaw would agree?

4. Why can't Liza read what Higgins writes?

5. Which of the following best describes Higgins's profession?

(see the answer key)

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