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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Shaw's attempt to help Sweet fail?
(a) Sweet only writes libelous articles against his fellow academics.
(b) Sweet has no interest in promoting his ideas to the public.
(c) Sweet looks down on the theater as unacademic.
(d) Sweet dies before he can see the play.

2. Who is Tito Pagliardini?
(a) An opera singer.
(b) An expert in Italian dialects.
(c) A phonetics expert.
(d) A playwright.

3. How is Mrs. Higgins portrayed?
(a) Very controlling of her son.
(b) Silly and snobbish.
(c) Adoring of her son, her only child.
(d) Elegant and sensible.

4. What are the Pitman and Gregg systems?
(a) Successful business organizations.
(b) Phonetic alphabets.
(c) Early dictaphones.
(d) Popular systems of shorthand.

5. Who is delighted with Liza's "small talk" during the social visit with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?
(a) Higgins and Pickering.
(b) Mrs. Eynsford Hill.
(c) Mrs. Higgins.
(d) Freddy and Clara.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Higgins make his money?

2. What happened to Liza's parents?

3. Which elements of the English alphabet have no agreed speech value?

4. When Liza comes to see Higgins in Act 2, what does she ask him to do?

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

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