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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Alexander Melville Bell?
(a) The inventor of the telephone.
(b) A London patriarch.
(c) A phonetics expert who invented a phonetic spelling called Visible Speech.
(d) A playwright who was a rival of Shaw's.

2. What skill does Neppomuck have?
(a) He is a psychic capable of reading the secret thoughts of people.
(b) He is a clever international spy who can read people's body language.
(c) He can do magic tricks and sleight of hand.
(d) He is an interpreter who knows 32 languages.

3. Who is Neppomuck?
(a) The ambassador from Hungary.
(b) A major rival of Higgins.
(c) A former student of Higgins.
(d) A Hungarian prince.

4. What does Higgins say to Liza after she faces up to him and hurts his feelings in Act 4?
(a) He always loved her, although she never knew it.
(b) Such an insignificant girl as her can never hurt him.
(c) She has wounded him to the core.
(d) There can never be any feeling between the likes of her and the likes of him.

5. What does Higgins give Liza in Act 2 when she begins to cry?
(a) A meal.
(b) A whack on the bum with a broomstick.
(c) A handkerchief to wipe her nose with.
(d) A shilling for the taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes Liza's home?

2. What shocking fact does Liza reveal about her father while talking with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe the Flower Girl's appearance?

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

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

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